llwyr
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh llwyr, from Proto-Celtic *lēris (“diligent, complete”), probably of non-Indo-European origin. Related to Old Irish léir (“diligent, assiduous”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬuːɨ̯r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊi̯r/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯r
Adjective
[edit]llwyr (feminine singular llwyr, plural llwyrion, equative llwyred, comparative llwyrach, superlative llwyraf)
Derived terms
[edit]- llwyredd (“completeness”)
- llwyrfryd (“determination, devotion”)
- llwyrni (“completeness”)
- llwyrymatal (“to abstain”)
- llwyrymwrthod (“to abstain totally, to renounce”)
- trylwyr (“thorough”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llwyr | lwyr | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lero”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 238