dosbarth
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh dosparth; By surface analysis, du- + gosbarth, gwosbarth (“order, rule, government”), the latter from gos- (“meaningless prefix”) + parth (“zone, region, part”), with gos-, gwos- from Proto-Celtic *wo-eks (“onomatopoeia for an explosion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dosbarth m (plural dosbarthau or dosbarthion or dosbeirth)
- (school) class, grade, year, form
- class, category, division
- class (social grouping)
- district, division, region
- (taxonomy) class
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dosbarth | unchanged | ||
| 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), “dosbarth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies