canwraidd
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From can (“hundred”) + gwraidd (“root”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canwraidd f (uncountable)
- Persicaria (A genus within the family Polygonaceae which includes knot-grass, mugwort, smartweeds and pinkweeds)
- Synonym: y dinboeth
Derived terms edit
- canwraidd America (“American tear-thumb (Persicaria sagittata”)
- canwraidd bengoch (“amphibious bistort (Persicaria amphibia”)
- canwraidd goch (“amphibious bistort (Persicaria amphibia”)
- canwraidd lwyd (“mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)”)
- canwraidd Nepal (“Nepal persicaria (Persicaria nepalensis”)
- canwraidd Tsieina (“Chinese knotweed (Persicaria weyrichii”)
- canwraidd y dom (“pale persicaria (Persicaria lapathifolia”)
- canwraidd y dŵr (“amphibious bistort (Persicaria amphibia”)
- canwraidd y mynydd (“Alpine persicaria (Persicaria vivipara”)
- chwysigen y ganwraidd (“bistort blister (Microbotryum pustulatum”)
- rhwd arian y ganwraidd (“bistort silver rust (Microbotryum marginale”)
- y ganwraidd Alpaidd (“Alpine knotweed (Persicaria alpina”)
- y ganwraidd fach (“lesser knotweed (Persicaria campanulata”)
- y ganwraidd goch (“red bistort (Persicaria amplexicaulis”)
- y ganwraidd goesgoch (“redshank (Persicaria maculosa”)
- y ganwraidd Himalaiaidd (“Himalayan knotweed (Persicaria wallichii”)
- y ganwraidd rosliw (“pinkweed (Persicaria pensylvanica”)
- y ganwraidd wlanog (“soft knotweed (Persicaria mollis”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| canwraidd | ganwraidd | nghanwraidd | chanwraidd |
| 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), “canwraidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies