cledr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kli-trā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlíto (“post, trimmed log”), ultimately related to *ḱley- (“to lean”); see also Old Norse hlíð (“slope”), Welsh clwyd (“gate, hurdle”), Lithuanian šlìtė (“ladder”), pã-šlitas (“curved”). Celtic cognates include Middle Breton clezr, Middle Irish clithar, clethar (“shelter, covert, fastness; protection”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /klɛdr/, [ˈklˠʰɛdr̩]
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /klɛdr/, [ˈklʰɛdr̩]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkleːdɛr/, /ˈklɛdɛr/

Noun

cledr f or f pl (singulative cledren, plural cledrau)

1. stave, rod, rafter, beam, post, rail; (figuratively) support
2. laths, wattle, lattice, trellis
3. (heraldry) pale
4. rail (railroad track)

   Synonym: rheil

5. (anatomy) palm

   Synonym: palf

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cledr	gledr	nghledr	chledr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cledr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clithar, clethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “klit-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 208