bwrdd

Welsh

Alternative forms

• bwrd

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bord (compare Irish bord).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊrð/

Noun

bwrdd m (plural byrddau or bwrddoedd or byrdd)

1. 1. table, board
   2. food and drink, daily sustenance, hospitality
   3. board, body of councillors, committee
2. 1. (nautical) deck, board; side of a ship
   2. board, plank
   3. (mining) suspended scaffolding in a slate-quarry to hold three men against the face of the rock for boring a hole for blasting

Synonyms

• (table, board): bord, tabl

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bwrdd	fwrdd	mwrdd	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), “bwrdd, bwrd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies