mwyar
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Cornish mor, Breton mouar), from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar). Doublet of mieri (“brambles”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmʊɨ̯.ar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmʊi̯.ar/
Noun[edit]
mwyar f (collective, singulative mwyaren)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- mwyar y Berwyn (“cloudberries”)
- mwyara (“to gather blackberries”)
- mwyar pêr (“sweetbriers”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mwyar | fwyar | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||