glyn

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See also: glŷn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh glyn; compare glen.

Noun

glyn (plural glyns)

  1. A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom
    • Edmund Spenser
      He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-N" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɡlɨ̞n/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɡlɪn/

Noun

glyn m (plural glynnoedd)

  1. glen, valley

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glyn lyn nglyn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.