blodyn

Welsh

Alternative forms

• blodeuyn

Etymology

From old plural blawd (“flowers”) +‎ -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔdɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbloːdɪn/, /ˈblɔdɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔdɨ̞n

Noun

blodyn m (plural blodau)

1. (botany) flower

   Synonym: fflŵr

2. Term of fond address

   Ti'n iawn, blodyn?

   You alright, my lovely?

Derived terms

• blodau cyn Mai, gorau na bai (“Flowers before May, better without them”)
• blodau dyddiau (“prime of life”)
• blodeuo (“to flower”)
• blodeuog (“floral, flowery”)
• blodyn tatws (“potato flower; term of endearment”)
• blodyn ymenyn (“buttercup”)
• blodyn yr haul (“sunflower”)
• gardd flodau (“flower garden”)
• gwely blodau (“flower bed”)
• gwerthwr blodau (“florist”)
• pâm blodau (“flower bed”)
• rhif y blodau (“countless”)
• siop flodau (“florist's”)
• Sul y Blodau (“Palm Sunday”)
• torch flodau, torch o flodau (“wreath of flowers”)
• y Ddawns Flodau (“Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance”)
• yn ei flodau (“in bloom; in his prime”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blodyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies