maip

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English nēp, cf. English neep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯p/
• Rhymes: -ai̯p

Noun

maip f (collective, singulative meipen)

1. (North Wales) turnips (Brassica rapa)

Synonyms

• (South Wales) erfin

Derived terms

• maip Adda (“black bryony”)
• maip bendigaid, maip Mair, maip tyner (“white bryony”)
• maip gwyllt(ion) (“charlock”)
• maip rêp (“turnip rape”)
• maip yr ŷd (“rape”)

Mutation

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “maip”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies