llawredyn
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
llaw (“hand”) + rhedyn (“ferns”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬau̯ˈrɛdɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬau̯ˈreːdɪn/, /ɬau̯ˈrɛdɪn/
Noun[edit]
llawredyn f (collective, singulative llawredynen)[1]
- polypody (Polypodium)[1][2]
- especially common polypody (Polypodium vulgare)[1]
- Synonym: llawredyn cyffredin
- especially common polypody (Polypodium vulgare)[1]
Derived hyponyms[edit]
- llawredyn canolig (“intermediate polypody”)
- llawredyn cyffredin, llawredyn y ddaear, llawredyn y derw, llawredyn y llwyf, llawredyn y fagwyr (“common polypody”)
- llawredyn Cymreig (“southern polypody”)
Other hyponyms[edit]
- rhedyn cangarŵ (“kangaroo ferns”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llawredyn | lawredyn | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llawredyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[1] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 2[2]