Welsh

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Etymology

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cor (pygmy) +‎ tylluan (owl).

Noun

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cordylluan f (plural cordylluanod)

  1. pygmy owl (Glaucidium)
    1. Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
    2. mountain pygmy owl, northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma)
      Synonym: cordylluan y mynydd

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cordylluan
radical soft nasal aspirate
cordylluan gordylluan nghordylluan chordylluan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[1], retrieved 21 December 2024.
  • Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN