bara a chaws

Welsh

Noun

bara a chaws

1. (collocation) bread and cheese
2. bread-and-cheese, hawthorn leaves (as food)

Usage notes

Except after ei (“her”), use of the aspirate mutation is rare in the colloquial language. However it remains common in idioms and collocations such as this one.

Derived terms

• bara a chaws y gog, bara caws y gog (“wood sorrel”)
• bara a chaws y gwcw, bara caws y gwcw (“wood sorrel; common sorrel”)
• bara a chawsa, barachawsa (“to collect bread and cheese”)
• pren bara a chaws (“hawthorn tree”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bara a chaws	fara a chaws	mara a chaws	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bara a chaws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies