lamp

See also: Lamp, LAMP, and lãmp

English

A desk lamp

A halogen lamp

Etymology

From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light container”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lămp, IPA^(key): /læmp/

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• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [lɛəmp], [leəmp], [lɛːmp]
• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

lamp (plural lamps)

1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:light source

Derived terms

• Aldis lamp
• arc-lamp
• arc lamp
• argand lamp
• Argand lamp
• astral lamp
• banker lamp
• banker's lamp
• betty-lamp
• Betty lamp
• betty lamp
• blackout lamp
• blast lamp
• butter lamp
• carbide lamp
• Carcel lamp
• chamber lamp
• coach lamp
• compact fluorescent lamp
• Davy lamp
• desk lamp
• Döbereiner's lamp
• fairy lamp
• floor lamp
• fluorescent lamp
• fo'c's'le lamp
• foc's'le lamp
• fog lamp
• forecastle lamp
• fountain lamp
• Fresnel lamp
• frost lamp
• gas lamp
• gig-lamp
• glow-lamp
• halogen lamp
• headlamp
• heat lamp
• Hefner lamp
• hurricane lamp
• hurricane lamp
• hydrogen lamp
• incandescent lamp
• infrared lamp
• lamp bulb
• lamp flora
• lamp fount
• lamp harp
• lamp-iron
• lampmaker
• lamp-oil
• lamp-post
• lamp post, lamppost
• lamp room
• lampshade
• lamp-shade
• lamp shell
• lamp-wick
• lava lamp
• magic lamp
• magnesium lamp
• mercury-vapor lamp
• mercury-vapour lamp
• metal halide lamp
• neon glow lamp
• neon lamp
• Nernst lamp
• oil rain lamp
• opium lamp
• pet lamp-shade
• philosopher's lamp
• pilot lamp
• plasma lamp
• platinum lamp
• pocket lamp
• quartz halogen lamp
• rain lamp
• reading-lamp
• ring lamp
• safety lamp
• Shabbat lamp
• slit lamp
• smell of the lamp
• sodium lamp
• sodium vapor lamp
• sodium vapour lamp
• solar lamp
• spirit lamp
• standard lamp
• street-lamp
• street lamp
• sun lamp
• table lamp
• taillamp, tail lamp
• Thomson's lamp
• Tilley lamp
• Wood's lamp
• xenon flash lamp

 

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: lam
• → Korean: 램프 (raempeu)

Translations

device producing light

• Afrikaans: lamp
• Albanian: llambë (sq) f
• Amharic: ፋኖስ (fanos)
• Arabic: مِصْبَاح‎ (ar) m (miṣbāḥ), لَمْبَة‎ f (lamba)

  Hijazi Arabic: لمبة‎ f (lamba), أبجورة‎ m (abajōra) (bedside lamp)

• Armenian: լամպ (hy) (lamp)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ‎ m (šrāḡā), ܠܲܡܦܹܝܕܵܐ‎ m (lampēydā)
• Asturian: llámpara (ast) f
• Avar: чирахъ (čiraqx)
• Azerbaijani: lampa (az), çıraq (az)
• Belarusian: ла́мпа (be) f (lámpa), ла́мпачка f (lámpačka) (globe), ля́мпа (be) f (ljámpa)
• Bengali: শামা (śama), সিরাজ (bn) (śiraj)
• Bulgarian: ла́мпа (bg) f (lámpa)
• Burmese: မီးခွက် (my) (mi:hkwak)
• Catalan: làmpada (ca) f, llum (ca) m
• Chechen: чыркъ (čyrqʼ), чиркъ (čirqʼ)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏗ (atsvsdi)
• Chichewa: nyale
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 燈／灯 (dang¹), 電燈／电灯 (din⁶ dang¹)

  Mandarin: 燈／灯 (zh) (dēng), 電燈／电灯 (zh) (diàndēng)

• Czech: lampa (cs) f
• Danish: lampe (da) c
• Dutch: lamp (nl) f or m
• Estonian: lamp (et)
• Faroese: lampa f
• Finnish: valaisin (fi), lamppu (fi)
• French: lampe (fr) f
• Galician: lámpada f
• Georgian: ლამპა (lamṗa), ნათურა (natura), ლამპარი (lamṗari), ჩირაღდანი (čiraɣdani)
• German: Lampe (de) f
• Greek: λάμπα (el) f (lámpa)
• Gujarati: દીવો f (dīvo), લેમ્પ f (lemp)
• Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה‎ (he) f (menorá)
• Higaonon: solo
• Hindi: चिराग़ m (cirāġ), लैंप (hi) m (laimp)
• Hungarian: lámpa (hu)
• Icelandic: lampi (is) m
• Ido: lampo (io)
• Indonesian: lampu (id)
• Irish: lampa m
• Italian: lampada (it) f, lampadina (it) f
• Japanese: ランプ (ja) (ranpu), 明かり (ja) (あかり, akari), 灯 (ja) (とう, tō), 電灯 (ja) (でんとう, dentō)
• Kalmyk: шам (şam)
• Kazakh: лампа (kk) (lampa), шам (şam), шырақ (kk) (şyraq)
• Khmer: ចង្កៀង (km) (cɑngkiəng)
• Korean: 램프 (ko) (raempeu), 전등(電燈) (ko) (jeondeung), 등불 (deungbul)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: lampe (ku), çira (ku), gulop (ku)

• Kyrgyz: лампа (lampa), шам (ky) (şam)
• Lao: ໂຄມໄຟ (lo) (khōm fai)
• Latvian: lampa f
• Lithuanian: lempa (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Luucht (lb) f
• Macedonian: ла́мпа f (lámpa), све́тилка f (svétilka)
• Malay: lampu (ms)
• Malayalam: വിളക്ക് (ml) (viḷakkŭ)
• Maltese: lampa (mt) f, musbieħ m
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᠩ (deng), ᡩᡝᠩᠵᠠᠨ (dengjan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: чийдэн (mn) (čiiden), гэрэл (mn) (gerel) (light)

• Nanai: ихэрэ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lampe (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: lampe m or f

• Ossetian: цырагъ (cyraǧ), лампӕ (lampæ)
• Pashto: چراغ‎ (ps) m (čerāǧ)
• Persian: لَمپا‎ (fa) (lampâ), چِراغ‎ (fa) (čerâğ), چَراغ‎ (fa) (čarâğ), مِصباح‎ (fa) (mesbâh)
• Plautdietsch: Laump f
• Polish: lampa (pl) f
• Portuguese: luminária, lâmpada (pt)
• Romanian: lampă (ro) f, lampă electrică f
• Russian: ла́мпа (ru) f (lámpa), ла́мпочка (ru) f (lámpočka) (globe)
• Sanskrit: केतु (sa) m (ketu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свѐтӣљка f, свјѐтӣљка f, ла̑мпа f

  Roman: svètīljka (sh) f, svjètīljka (sh) f, lȃmpa (sh) f

• Slovak: lampa (sk) f
• Slovene: svetilka (sl) f
• Sotho: lebone, lampi
• Spanish: lámpara (es) f
• Swahili: taa (sw)
• Swedish: lampa (sv) c
• Tagalog: lampara
• Tajik: чароғ (čaroġ), лампа (lampa), мисбоҳ (misboh)
• Tatar: лампа (lampa)
• Thai: โคมไฟ (koom-fai)
• Tibetan: ཞུ་མར (zhu mar)
• Tigrinya: ፋኑስ (fanus)
• Tumbuka: nyali
• Turkish: lamba (tr), ampul (tr)
• Turkmen: lampa
• Ukrainian: ла́мпа f (lámpa), ла́мпочка f (lámpočka) (globe)
• Urdu: چِراغ‎ m (cirāġ), چَراغ‎ m (carāġ)
• Uyghur: لامپا‎ (lampa), چىراغ‎ (chiragh)
• Uzbek: lampa (uz), chiroq (uz)
• Vietnamese: đèn (vi), đèn điện (vi)
• Volapük: lampad (vo)
• Walloon: lampe (wa) f
• Welsh: lamp (cy) f, llusern f, lampiau f pl
• White Hmong: teeb
• Yagnobi: чироғ (čiroġ)
• Yiddish: לאָמפּ‎ m (lomp)

oil device producing light

• Afrikaans: lamp
• Albanian: llambë (sq) f
• Arabic: مِصْبَاح‎ (ar) m (miṣbāḥ), قِنْدِيل‎ (ar) m (qindīl), سِرَاج‎ m (sirāj)
• Armenian: լամպ (hy) (lamp), լապտեր (hy) (lapter)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ‎ m (šrāḡā), ܠܲܡܦܹܝܕܵܐ‎ m (lampēydā)
• Asturian: llámpara (ast) f
• Burmese: ဆီမီး (my) (hcimi:), မီးခွက် (my) (mi:hkwak)
• Catalan: làmpada (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏍᏗ (atsvsdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燈／灯 (zh) (dēng)

• Czech: lampa (cs) f
• Danish: lampe (da) c, olielampe c
• Dutch: lamp (nl) f or m, olielamp (nl) f or m
• Faroese: lampa f
• Finnish: öljylamppu (fi)
• French: lampe (fr) f
• Galician: lámpada f
• Georgian: ლამპა (lamṗa)
• German: Lampe (de) f, Öllampe (de) f
• Greek: λάμπα (el) f (lámpa)

  Ancient: λύχνος m (lúkhnos)

• Hausa: fitila (ha)
• Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה‎ (he) f (m'norá)
• Hindi: बत्ती (hi) f (battī), चिराग़ m (cirāġ)
• Hungarian: olajlámpa (hu), mécses (hu)
• Irish: lampa m
• Italian: lampada (it) f
• Japanese: ランプ (ja) (ranpu), 明かり (ja) (あかり, akari)
• Kalmyk: шам (şam)
• Kazakh: шам (şam), шырақ (kk) (şyraq)
• Khmer: ចង្កៀង (km) (cɑngkiəng), ចង្កៀងខ្លាញ់ (cɑngkiəng khlañ)
• Kom (Cameroon): lâm
• Korean: 램프 (ko) (raempeu), 광명(光明) (ko) (gwangmyeong)
• Kyrgyz: чырак (ky) (çırak), шам (ky) (şam)
• Latin: lucerna f, laterna f
• Malay: pelita (ms)
• Malayalam: വിളക്ക് (ml) (viḷakkŭ), ദീപം (ml) (dīpaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lampe (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: lampe m or f

• Ottoman Turkish: قندیل‎ (kandil), سراج‎ (sirac), لامپه‎ (lampa), مصباح‎ (mısbah)
• Persian: چِراغ‎ (fa) (čerâğ), چَراغ‎ (fa) (čarâğ)
• Plautdietsch: Laump f
• Polish: lampa (pl) f
• Portuguese: candeia (pt) f
• Romanian: lampă (ro) f, lămpi f pl
• Russian: ла́мпа (ru) f (lámpa), свети́льник (ru) m (svetílʹnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свѐтӣљка f, свјѐтӣљка f, ла̑мпа f

  Roman: svètīljka (sh) f, svjètīljka (sh) f, lȃmpa (sh) f

• Sindhi: بَتيِ‎ f (batī)
• Slovak: lampa (sk) f
• Sotho: lebone, lampi
• Spanish: lámpara (es) f, candil (es) m
• Swahili: taa (sw)
• Swedish: lampa (sv) c, oljelampa c
• Tajik: чароғ (čaroġ)
• Thai: โคม (th) (koom), ประทีป (th) (bprà-tîip)
• Tocharian B: cok
• Turkish: lamba (tr), yağ lambası
• Urdu: چِراغ‎ m (cirāġ), چَراغ‎ m (carāġ)
• Volapük: lampad (vo)
• Walloon: lampe (wa) f, crasset (wa) m, lantiene (wa) f, kénket (wa) m
• Welsh: lamp (cy) f
• White Hmong: teeb
• Yiddish: לאָמפּ‎ m (lomp)

piece of furniture

• Finnish: valaisin (fi), lamppu (fi)
• Russian: ла́мпа (ru) f (lámpa), свети́льник (ru) m (svetílʹnik)

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ნათურა (natura), ^{(please verify)} ფარანი (parani)
• Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} દીપ m (dīp), ^{(please verify)} દીપક m (dīpak), ^{(please verify)} ચિરાગ઼ m (cirāġ)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} दिया (hi) m (diyā), ^{(please verify)} दीप (hi) m (dīp), ^{(please verify)} दीपक (hi) m (dīpak), ^{(please verify)} चिराग़ m (cirāġ)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} چرا‎ (çra)

• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} lempa (lt) f
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} چراغ‎ (fa) (čerâğ, čarâğ)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} விளக்கு (ta) (viḷakku), ^{(please verify)} தீபம் (ta) (tīpam)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} దీపం (te) (dīpaṁ), ^{(please verify)} దివ్వె (te) (divve)
• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} دیا‎ m (diyā), ^{(please verify)} دیپ‎ m (dīpa), ^{(please verify)} دیپک‎ m (dīpak), ^{(please verify)} چراغ‎ m (cirāġġ)

Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

1. (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:

     All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.

2. (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.

   Synonyms: (North America) jacklight, spotlight

3. (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
   • 1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back‎^[1], performed by Public Enemy:

     I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.

4. To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.

References

• “lamp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Palm, palm, APML, MPLA

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamp/

• Audio

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Noun

lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)

1. lamp

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.

Noun

lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)

1. (Sette Comuni) lamb

References

• “lamp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑmp/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: lamp
• Rhymes: -ɑmp

Noun

lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)

1. lamp

   Zet je de lamp aan? ― Can you turn on the lamp?

   De lamp in de woonkamer is kapot. ― The lamp in the living room is broken.

   Ze heeft een nieuwe lamp voor haar bureau gekocht. ― She bought a new lamp for her desk.

2. (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve

   Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis

Derived terms

• aromalamp
• autolamp
• bedlamp
• bermlamp
• booglamp
• bouwlamp
• buislamp
• buitenlamp
• bureaulamp
• carbidlamp
• designlamp
• fietslamp
• flitslamp
• fotolamp
• gaslamp
• gloeilamp
• godslamp
• groeilamp
• hanglamp
• hoofdlamp
• keukenlamp
• knijplamp
• koplamp
• kroonlamp
• kwartslamp
• kwiklamp
• lampenfabriek
• lampenfabrikant
• lampenkap
• lamphouder
• lamplicht
• lampolie
• lavalamp
• ledlamp
• leeslamp
• looplamp
• mijnlamp
• mistlamp
• muurlamp
• nachtlamp
• neonlamp
• olielamp
• partylamp
• pillamp
• radiolamp
• remlamp
• schaarlamp
• waterstoflamp
• xenonlamp

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lamp
• Berbice Creole Dutch: lampu
• Jersey Dutch: lāmp
• Negerhollands: lamp
• → Japanese: ランプ (ranpu)
• → Malay: lampu
  • Indonesian: lampu
    • → Petjo: lampoe
• → Papiamentu: lampi
• → Sranan Tongo: lampu
  • → Arawak: lampu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: lamphu
  • → Galibi Carib: lampu
  • → Trió: rama

Anagrams

• palm

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.

Noun

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. lamp

Declension

Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	lamp	lambid
accusative	lambi	lambid
genitive	lambi	lampide
partitive	lampi	lampe lampisid
illative	lampi lambisse	lampidesse lambesse
inessive	lambis	lampides lambes
elative	lambist	lampidest lambest
allative	lambile	lampidele lambele
adessive	lambil	lampidel lambel
ablative	lambilt	lampidelt lambelt
translative	lambiks	lampideks lambeks
terminative	lambini	lampideni
essive	lambina	lampidena
abessive	lambita	lampideta
comitative	lambiga	lampidega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Derived terms

• lambivari

Descendants

• → Ingrian: lamppi

Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)

1. (colloquial) random

   See on mingi lamp vend.

   He's some random dude.

Declension

Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	lamp	lambid
accusative	lambi	lambid
genitive	lambi	lampide
partitive	lampi	lampe lampisid
illative	lampi lambisse	lampidesse lambesse
inessive	lambis	lampides lambes
elative	lambist	lampidest lambest
allative	lambile	lampidele lambele
adessive	lambil	lampidel lambel
ablative	lambilt	lampidelt lambelt
translative	lambiks	lampideks lambeks
terminative	lambini	lampideni
essive	lambina	lampidena
abessive	lambita	lampideta
comitative	lambiga	lampidega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).

Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)

1. flat (as in flat-footed)

   Joosepil on lampis jalad.

   Joosep has flat feet.

Usage notes

Mostly used in the context of flat feet.

Declension

Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	lamp	lambid
accusative	lambi	lambid
genitive	lambi	lampide
partitive	lampi	lampe lampisid
illative	lampi lambisse	lampidesse lambesse
inessive	lambis	lampides lambes
elative	lambist	lampidest lambest
allative	lambile	lampidele lambele
adessive	lambil	lampidel lambel
ablative	lambilt	lampidelt lambelt
translative	lambiks	lampideks lambeks
terminative	lambini	lampideni
essive	lambina	lampidena
abessive	lambita	lampideta
comitative	lambiga	lampidega
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Middle English

Noun

lamp

1. Alternative form of laumpe

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑmp/

Verb

lamp

1. first/third-person singular present of limpan

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lamp/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -amp
• Syllabification: lamp

Noun

lamp

1. genitive plural of lampa

Scots

Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lampin, simple past lampt, past participle lampt)

1. (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
2. (intransitive) To go jauntily.

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

lamp

1. lamp

Inflection

Inflection of lamp (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	lamp
genitive sing.	lampan
partitive sing.	lampad
partitive plur.	lampoid
	singular	plural
nominative	lamp	lampad
accusative	lampan	lampad
genitive	lampan	lampoiden
partitive	lampad	lampoid
essive-instructive	lampan	lampoin
translative	lampaks	lampoikš
inessive	lampas	lampoiš
elative	lampaspäi	lampoišpäi
illative	lampaha	lampoihe
adessive	lampal	lampoil
ablative	lampalpäi	lampoilpäi
allative	lampale	lampoile
abessive	lampata	lampoita
comitative	lampanke	lampoidenke
prolative	lampadme	lampoidme
approximative I	lampanno	lampoidenno
approximative II	lampannoks	lampoidennoks
egressive	lampannopäi	lampoidennopäi
terminative I	lampahasai	lampoihesai
terminative II	lampalesai	lampoilesai
terminative III	lampassai	—
additive I	lampahapäi	lampoihepäi
additive II	lampalepäi	lampoilepäi

Derived terms

• avtolamp
• jauglamp
• lagilamp
• seinlamp
• lampankatuz

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

English lamp

Noun

lamp m or f (plural lampau, not mutable)

1. lamp

Synonyms

• llusern

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies