perllys

Welsh

Etymology

pêr (“sweet”) +‎ llys (“herb”). May be a phono-semantically matched alteration of persli.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrɬɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrɬɪs/

Noun

perllys m (uncountable)

1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

Synonyms

• persli

Derived terms

• coegberllys, geuberllys (“fool's parsley, poison parsley”)
• dibynlor perllys (“parsley water-dropwort”)
• eilun berllys (“hedge parsley”)
• llaethberllys (“milk parsley”)
• perllys y meirch (“lovage”)
• perllys y perthi (“bur parsley; rough chervil”)
• perllys yr hêl/helau, perllys y môr, perllys y mordir, perllys y morfa (“wild celery”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
perllys	berllys	mherllys	pherllys
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.