llwybr
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *sleikʷro- (compare Old Irish slicht, from *slixtus from the same root),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊɨ̯br/, [ˈɬʊɨ̯br̩]
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬʊi̯br/, [ˈɬʊi̯br̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɬʊi̯bɪr/
Noun[edit]
llwybr m (plural llwybrau or llwybrwydd or llwybrydd)
Derived terms[edit]
- llwybr halio (“towpath”)
- Llwybr Llaethog (“Milky Way”)
- llwybro (“walk, wend”)
- llwybr tarw (“shortcut”)
Mutation[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwybr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 89 i