cordylluan

Welsh

Etymology

cor (“pygmy”) +‎ tylluan (“owl”).

Noun

cordylluan f (plural cordylluanod)

1. pygmy owl (Glaucidium)
   1. Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
   2. mountain pygmy owl, northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma)

      Synonym: cordylluan y mynydd

Mutation

Mutated forms of cordylluan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cordylluan	gordylluan	nghordylluan	chordylluan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “owl”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎^[2], retrieved 21 December 2024.