mynydd
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh mynyð, from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmənɨ̞ð/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈmənɪð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈməni/, /ˈmɪni/
- Rhymes: -ənɨ̞ð
Noun edit
mynydd m (plural mynyddoedd)
- (geography) mountain, large hill
- (figuratively) large pile, great amount
- common, unenclosed land, mountain land, moorland; agricultural land; plain
- (palmistry) mount
Derived terms edit
- bronrhuddyn y mynydd (“brambling”)
- golfan y mynydd (“tree sparrow”)
- gwneud môr a mynydd (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”)
- i fyny (“up”)
- llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
- mieri'r mynydd (“cloudberries”)
- mynydda (“to climb mountains”)
- mynyddig (“mountainous”)
- Penmynydd (“village in Anglesey”)
- rhedyn y mynydd (“parsley ferns”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mynydd | fynydd | unchanged | 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), “mynydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies