erchwyn

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Proto-Celtic *ariskʷend- from *ari- +‎ *skʷend- (“to go down”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”).

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrχwɨ̞n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrχwɪn/

Noun edit

erchwyn m or f (plural erchwynion or erchwynnau)

bedside
edge, side, border

Usage notes edit

This noun is masculine in North Wales and feminine in the South. It tends only to be used now in the phrases wrth erchwyn y gwely (“at the beside”) and wrth erchwyn gwely (“at a bedside, at the bedside of”).

Derived terms edit

wrth erchwyn gwely (“at the side of a bed, at the bedside of”)
wrth erchwyn y gwely (“at the side of the bed”)

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
erchwyn	unchanged	unchanged	herchwyn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.