llwybr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sleikʷro- (compare Old Irish slicht, from *slixtus from the same root), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊɨ̯br/, [ˈɬʊɨ̯br̩]
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬʊi̯br/, [ˈɬʊi̯br̩]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬʊi̯bɪr/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯br

Noun

llwybr m (plural llwybrau or llwybrwydd or llwybrydd)

1. path

Derived terms

• llwybr halio (“towpath”)
• Llwybr Llaethog (“Milky Way”)
• llwybr tarw (“shortcut”)
• llwybro (“walk, wend”)

 

Mutation

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