bedw
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɛdʊ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbeːdu/, /ˈbɛdu/
Noun[edit]
bedw f (collective, singulative bedwen)
Derived terms[edit]
- bedw arian (“silver birches”)
- bedwen Fai (“maypole”)
- bedwen haf (“maypole”)
- bedwen Ifan (“maypole”)
- bedwos (“birch grove”)
- carn y fedwen (“hoof fungus”)
- corfedw (“dwarf birches”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bedw | fedw | medw | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||