briallu
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Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /brɪ.ˈaɬɨ̞/, /ˈbrjaɬɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /bri.ˈaɬi/, /ˈbrjaɬi/
Noun[edit]
briallu f (collective, singulative briallen)
- primroses (Primula, spp.)
- esp. common primroses (Primula vulgaris)
- and cowslips (Primula veris)
Derived terms[edit]
- briallu blodiog (“bird’s-eye primroses, Primula farinosa”)
- briallu Mair di-sawr (“oxslips, Primula elatior”)
- briallu Mair sawrus (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
- briallu Mair (“cowslips, Primula veris”)
- briallu Non (“auricula primrose, Primula auricula”)
- briallu tal ffug (“false oxlips, Primula x polyantha”)
- briallu tal (“oxslips, Primula elatior”)
- briallu y cŵn (“dog roses (Rosa canina)”)
- briallu'r Alban (“Scottish primroses, Primula scotica”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| briallu | friallu | mriallu | unchanged |
| 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), “briallu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies