pedol

Welsh

Pedol

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pedol, perhaps borrowed from Latin pedālis (“of the foot”).^[1] The presence of d rather than /ð/ dd suggests it would have been a learned borrowing into Middle Welsh, not an early borrowing into Proto-Brythonic.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɔl/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpeːdɔl/, /ˈpɛdɔl/
Rhymes: -ɛdɔl

Noun

pedol f (plural pedolau)

horseshoe
U- (used to describe U-shaped things)

Derived terms

pedol cannwyll (“candelabra”)
pedolffurf (“U-shaped”)
pedoli (“to shoe (a horse)”)
pedolwr (“shoer (of horses)”)
pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
tro pedol (“U turn; U bend”)
u bedol (“(the letter) U”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pedol	bedol	mhedol	phedol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pedol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pedol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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