garlleg
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle English garlec.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]garlleg m pl or f pl (masculine singulative garllegyn, feminine singulative garllegen)
Derived terms
[edit]- garlleg ferwr (“hedge-mustard”)
- garlleg gwyllt, garlleg mawr (“wild garlic, snake's garlic, ramsons”)
- garlleg Mair (“wild garlic”, literally “Mary's garlic”)
- garlleg y berth (“garlic mustard”)
- garlleg y brain (“crow-garlic, wild garlic”)
- garlleg yr arth (“bear's-garlic”)
- garlleg Ysbaen (“Spanish garlic, rocambole”)
- garllegaidd (“alliaceous”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
garlleg | arlleg | ngarlleg | 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), “garlleg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies