molybdenwm

Welsh

Chemical element
Mo
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Darn a chiwb molybdenum

Etymology

Borrowed from English molybdenum, from New Latin molybdaenum, from molybdaena (“any of various substances resembling lead”), from Ancient Greek μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina, “a plummet, piece of lead”), from μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead; graphite”), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *morkʷ- (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /mɔˈlɨ̞bdɛˌnʊm/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /mɔˈlɪbdɛˌnʊm/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞bdɛnʊm

Noun

molybdenwm m (uncountable)

1. molybdenum

Mutation

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “molybdenwm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies