melc'hwed

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”) (compare Breton melw (“snot”)); akin to Cornish melhwes, Welsh malwod.

Noun

melc’hwed f (singulative melc’hwedenn)

1. snails
2. slugs

Synonyms

• (snails): maligorn
• (slugs): buoc’h lard

Hyponyms

• melc’hwed krogennek (“snail”)

Mutation

  Mutation of melc'hwed  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	melc'hwedenn	velc'hwedenn	unchanged	unchanged
plural	melc'hwed	velc'hwed	unchanged	unchanged