llwch

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

llwch m (uncountable)

  1. dust
  2. powder
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Etymology 2[edit]

Either borrowed from Goidelic or inherited from *lokku, a geminate form of Proto-Celtic *loku.[1] Compare Irish loch, Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun[edit]

llwch m (plural llychau)

  1. loch, lough
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Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN