cesair
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kassris (“hail-shower”)[1] or *kass(a)rā,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”). Cognate with Breton kazerc'h, Cornish keser and Old Irish casar (“hail, lightning”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cesair f or m (collective, masculine singulative ceseiryn, feminine singulative ceseiren)[3]
- (South Wales) hail, hailstones
- Synonym: cenllysg
Derived terms edit
- bwrw cesair (“to hail”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cesair | gesair | nghesair | chesair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-46
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*Kassarā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cesair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies