llysywen
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]llysywen f (plural llysywod)
- eel (Anguilliformes), especially European eel (Anguilla anguilla).[1][2]
Derived hyponyms
[edit]- llysywen fôr, môr-lysywen (“conger eel”)
- gwefrlysywen, llysywen drydanol, llysywen wefraidd, llysywen wefrol (“electric eel”)
- llysywen arianaidd (“silver eel”)
- llysywen rawn (“freshwater eel”)
Other hyponyms
[edit]- congren (“conger eel”)
Other derived terms
[edit]- llysywen bendoll (“lamprey”)
- llysywen y tywod (“sand eel”)
- môr-lysywen (“sea lamprey”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llysywen | lysywen | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ 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, pages 18, 21
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “llywysen”