picen fach
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From picen (“small round cake, griddle cake”) + bach (“small”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
picen fach m (plural picau bach)
- (South Wales) Welsh cake
- Synonyms: cacen fach, cacen gri, pic ar y maen, picen, picen ar y maen, teisen gri, teisen radell, Welsh cêc
Usage notes edit
There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| picen fach | bicen fach | mhicen fach | phicen fach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||