paladr
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kʷalatros (compare Old Irish celtair (“spear, spear tip”)).
Noun[edit]
paladr m (plural pelydr)
- shaft (of spear, bone, column, chimney)
- (literary) stem (of plant, flower, fruit, etc.)
- (architecture) trunk
- Synonym: boncyff
- (history, religion) upright of cross
- beam, ray
Derived terms[edit]
- dibaladr (“shaftless, lacking a rod or shaft”, adjective)
- pelydryn (“ray of light”)
- ymbelydredd (“radiation”)
Compounds[edit]
- ceiniog baladr f (“a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas”, literally “spear penny”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| paladr | baladr | mhaladr | phaladr |
| 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), “paladr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies