drysi
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom d(y)rys (“tangled, thorny”) + -i. Cognate with Cornish dreys, Breton drez, Irish dris, Scottish Gaelic dris.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdrəsɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdrəsi/
- Rhymes: -əsɪ
Noun
editdrysi f (collective, singulative drysïen)
- thorns, brambles, briars
- Synonym: mieri
- (figurative) entanglement, complication
- Synonyms: dryswch, cymhlethdod
Derived terms
edit- drysi pêr (“sweetbrier”)
- drysïen ddeupen (“briar with two ends in the earth”, literally “two-headed briar”)
- drysïog (“brambly”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
drysi | ddrysi | nrysi | 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), “drysi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies