llwdn
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *lutno- (“(young) animal”) (compare Breton loen (“animal”), Cornish lodn), from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), ultimately from *peh₂w- (“smallness”), see also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)).
Noun[edit]
llwdn m (plural llydnod)
- the young of an animal (sometimes of a bird): colt, foal, kid, lamb, chick
- animal, beast; head (in counting animals)
- (figuratively) young man, youth, oaf, dolt
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llwdn | lwdn | unchanged | 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), “llwdn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “loth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN