testun

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh testun, from Proto-Brythonic *testʉn, contracted from Latin testimōnium (“testimony, evidence”). It is unclear whether the contraction took place in Proto-Brythonic (thus via a form *testɨβ̃ʉn) or in Vulgar Latin (thus via a form *testōnium).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsdɨ̞n/, [ˈtɛstɨ̞n]
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛstɪn/, [ˈtɛsdɪn]
Rhymes: -ɛsdɨ̞n

Noun edit

testun m (plural testunau)

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Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
testun	destun	nhestun	thestun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

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

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