bwm y gors
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally “boom of the marsh”, from the bird's call.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bwm y gors m (plural bwmau'r gors)
- Eurasian bittern, great bittern, bittern (Botaurus stellaris)[1]
- (by extension) any bittern (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae in the heron family, Ardeidae)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bwm bach y gors (“little bittern”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bwm y gors | fwm y gors | mwm y gors | unchanged |
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