pic ar y maen

Welsh

Picau ar y maen

Alternative forms

• picen ar y maen

Etymology

From pic (“small round cake, griddle cake”) +‎ ar (“on”) +‎ y (“the”) +‎ maen (“stone, griddle”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmaːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmai̯n/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk ar ə ˈmaːn/

Noun

pic ar y maen m (plural picau ar y maen or picau maen)

1. (South Wales) Welsh cake

   Synonyms: cacen fach, cacen gri, picen, picen ar y maen, picen fach, teisen gri, teisen radell, Welsh cêc

Usage notes

• There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.
• Although pic ar y maen is the full singular form of plural picau ar y maen, these are usually referred to as just picen in the singular.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pic ar y maen	bic ar y maen	mhic ar y maen	phic ar y maen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.