treiglad caled
Welsh
editNoun
edittreiglad caled m (plural treigladau caled or treigladau caledion)
Notes
editThe hard mutation is common as an initial mutation in Cornish and Breton, but only occurs word-internally in Welsh, as in:
- Old English bedhūs (“bedehouse”) → betws (“chapel”)
- defaid (“sheep (pl.)”), tŷ (“house,
dwelling”) → defeity (“sheepfold”)
dwelling”) → popty (“oven”)
Related terms
edit- treiglad llaes (“aspirate mutation”)
- treiglad meddal (“soft mutation”)
- treiglad trwynol (“nasal mutation”)
- treiglo (“to mutate”)
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
treiglad caled | dreiglad caled | nhreiglad caled | threiglad caled |
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), “treiglad caled”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies