pêr
See also: Appendix:Variations of "per"
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh per, from Proto-Brythonic *per, a borrowing from Latin pira, plural of pirum n (“pear”). Cognate with Cornish per, Breton per.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpêr f (collective, singulative peren)
- pears; sweet fruit
- pear trees; sweet-fruit trees
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- perllan f (“orchard”)
Adjective
editpêr (feminine singular pêr, plural perion, equative pered, comparative perach, superlative peraf)
Derived terms
edit- creithig bêr (“sweet cicely”)
- drysi pêr, drys pêr, mwyar pêr, perfieri (“sweetbriers”)
- eithin pêr (“juniper”)
- glesyn-y-coed pêr (“yellow bugle”)
- marchredyn pêr (“hay-scented buckler ferns”)
- rhedyn pêr y mynydd (“lemon-scented ferns”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pêr | bêr | mhêr | phêr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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- Rhymes:Welsh/eːr
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