bwrdais
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English burgeis, from Old French borgeis.
Noun
editbwrdais m (plural bwrdeisiaid or bwrdeisi)
Synonyms
edit- (freeman): porthmon
Derived terms
edit- bwrdeisiaeth (“burgess-ship”)
- bwrdeistref (“borough, municipality”)
- mân fwrdais (“petit bourgeois”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bwrdais | fwrdais | mwrdais | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bwrdais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies