marchredyn

Welsh

Etymology

march (“horse”) +‎ rhedyn (“ferns”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /marχˈrɛdɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /marχˈreːdɪn/, /marχˈrɛdɪn/

Noun

marchredyn f (collective, singulative marchredynen)

1. male ferns, buckler ferns, woodferns, ferns belonging to genus Dryopteris
2. common polypody (Polypodium vulgare)

   Synonym: llawredyn cyffredin

Derived hyponyms

• marchredyn cennog (“scaly buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn cribog (“crested buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn cul (“narrow buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn cyffredin, marchredyn gwryw (“common male-ferns”)
• marchredyn euraid (“golden-scaled male-fern, scaly male-fern”)
• marchredyn llydan (“broad buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn pêr (“hay-scented buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn y calchfaen (“rigid buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn y Gogledd (“northern buckler-fern”)
• marchredyn y mynydd (“mountain male-fern”)

 

Other derived terms

• marchredyn benyw (“common lady-ferns”)
• marchredyn gwrychog (“hard shield-ferns”)
• marchredyn y derw, marchredyn y dŵr (“common polypody”)
• rhwd marchredyn (“male-fern rust”)

 

Related terms

• gwrychredyn (“shield ferns, sword ferns”)

Mutation

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