llwybr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sleikʷro- (compare Old Irish slicht, from *sleikʷ-tu-).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊɨ̯br/, [ˈɬʊɨ̯br̩]
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɬʊi̯br/, [ˈɬʊi̯br̩]
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬʊi̯bɪr/

Noun

llwybr m (plural llwybrau or llwybrwydd)

1. path

Derived terms

• Llwybr Llaethog (“Milky Way”)
• llwybr tarw (“shortcut”)

Mutation

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

References

• “llwybr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014