beidr
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Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *beudr, from Proto-Celtic *bow-itros (“cow path”), equivalent to *bāus + *itos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁itós. MacBain instead compares Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “I walk”), from *gʷem- (“to step”)[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bei̯dr/, [ˈbei̯dr̩]
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /bei̯dr/, [ˈbei̯dr̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbei̯dɪr/
Noun[edit]
beidr f (plural beidri)
- (South Wales) (a narrow) lane, track
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
beidr | feidr | meidr | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “beidr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bóthar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 44
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