paladr
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷalatros (compare Old Irish celtair (“spear”)).
Noun
paladr m (plural pelydr)
- spear shaft; spear, pike, lance
- column, pillar, post, stay, prop; stem of candlestick, letter, etc., upright of cross, etc.; blade (of knife); shaft (of arrow, stick, etc.); beam (of roof, etc.); clef (music)
- upholder, supporter; progenitor; lineage, family
- stalk, stem; trunk (of tree); pistil
- axle, axis; mill-shaft, mill-spindle; shaft (of cart, etc.)
- a varying land-measure, rod, perch, pole
- beam or ray of light, radio waves, etc., tail of comet
Derived terms
- dibaladr (“shaftless, lacking a rod or shaft”, adjective)
- 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
| 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
- 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