Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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llwch m (uncountable)

  1. dust
  2. powder
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Etymology 2

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Either borrowed from Goidelic or inherited from *lokku, a geminate form of Proto-Celtic *loku.[1] Compare Irish loch, Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

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llwch m (plural llychau)

  1. loch, lough
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llwch lwch unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN