llithro

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From llithr +‎ -o, from Proto-Celtic *slixtro-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (to glide), whence also English slip.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

llithro (first-person singular present llithraf)

  1. to slip, to slide, to glide

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llithro lithro unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llithro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 86 iii (1)