bedw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdʊ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːdu/, /ˈbɛdu/

Noun

bedw f (collective, singulative bedwen)

1. birches

Derived terms

• bedw arian (“silver birches”)
• bedwen Fai (“maypole”)
• bedwen haf (“maypole”)
• bedwen Ifan (“maypole”)
• bedwos (“birch grove”)
• carn y fedwen (“hoof fungus”)
• corfedw (“dwarf birches”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bedw	fedw	medw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.