adar y bwn
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Welsh[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌadar ə ˈbʊn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌaːdar ə ˈbʊn/, /ˌadar ə ˈbʊn/
Noun[edit]
adar y bwn m (collective, singulative aderyn y bwn)
- Eurasian bitterns, great bitterns, bitterns (Botaurus stellaris)[1]
- (by extension) any bitterns (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae in the heron family, Ardeidae)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- adar y bwn lleiaf (“little bitterns”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| adar y bwn | unchanged | unchanged | hadar y bwn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 16