garlleg
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle English garlec.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
garlleg m pl or f pl (m singulative garllegyn, f singulative garllegen)
Derived terms edit
- garlleg ferwr (“hedge-mustard”)
- garlleg gwyllt, garlleg mawr (“wild garlic, snake's garlic, ramsons”)
- garlleg Mair (“wild garlic”, literally “Mary's garlic”)
- garlleg y berth (“garlic mustard”)
- garlleg y brain (“crow-garlic, wild garlic”)
- garlleg yr arth (“bear's-garlic”)
- garlleg Ysbaen (“Spanish garlic, rocambole”)
- garllegaidd (“alliaceous”, adjective)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| garlleg | arlleg | ngarlleg | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “garlleg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies