mynydd
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editmynydd 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
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
mynydd | fynydd | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
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- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ənɨ̞ð
- Rhymes:Welsh/ənɨ̞ð/2 syllables
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Geography
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