Welsh

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The soft mutation in benyw in the plural may be due to an elided definite article: *cegid y fenyw.”

Noun

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cegid fenyw f (collective, singulative cegiden feyw)

  1. cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)[1]

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cegid fenyw gegid fenyw nghegid fenyw chegid fenyw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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