llyg
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Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬɨːɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬiːɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɨːɡ
- Homophone: llug (“radiance, splendour”)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *llug, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts. Doublet of llygod (“mice”).[1]
Noun[edit]
llyg m or f (plural llygon)[1]
Derived terms[edit]
- llyg cyffredin (“common shrew”)
- llyg y dŵr (“water shrew”)
- y llyg lleiaf (“pygmy shrew”)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
llyg m (plural llyg)[1]
- cheese mite
- Synonym: llyg caws
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llyg | lyg | 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), “llyg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994) Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)[1] (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 42
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