bricyll
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Alteration through aphesis and replacement of the final consonant of now obsolete English abrecock, from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbrɪkɨ̞ɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbrɪkɪɬ/
Noun edit
bricyll f (collective, singulative bricyllen)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bricyll | fricyll | mricyll | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |