mwyar

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Cornish mor, Breton mouar), from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar). Doublet of mieri (“brambles”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊɨ̯.ar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊi̯.ar/

Noun

mwyar f (collective, singulative mwyaren)

1. blackberries, berries

Synonyms

• mwyar duon
• mafon duon

Derived terms

• mwyar y Berwyn (“cloudberries”)
• mwyara (“to gather blackberries”)
• mwyar pêr (“sweetbriers”)

Mutation

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