rhawn
Welsh
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”).[2] Compare Irish rón (“long hair as from an animal's tail”), Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrhawn m (collective, singulative rhawnyn)
rhawn f (collective, singulative rhawnen)
Derived terms
edit- marchrawn (“horsetails”)
- rhawn y gaseg (“mare's-tail”)
Adjective
editrhawn (feminine singular rhawn, plural rhawn, not comparable)
Derived terms
edit- crys rhawn (“hairshirt”)
Noun
editDerived terms
edit- rhonell (“tail, dock”)
- gwlan rhoniau (“tail wool”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
rhawn | rawn | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 32.3, page 49
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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