gwiber
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh gwiber, from Proto-Brythonic *gwiber, from Latin vīpera.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɪbɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwiːbɛr/, /ˈɡwɪbɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɪbɛr
Noun edit
gwiber f (plural gwiberod)
- adder, viper
- common European adder, Vipera berus
- Synonym: neidr ddu
Derived terms edit
- bronwerth y wiber (“viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare”)
- glesyn y wiber (“viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare”)
- gwellt y wiber (“viper's grass, Scorzonera humilis”)
- gwiberlys (“viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwiber | wiber | ngwiber | 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), “gwiber”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies