petris
Contents
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
petrīs
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle English pertrich, pa(r)trich, from Old French perdriz, from Latin perdīx, perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).
Noun[edit]
petris f, m (singulative petrisen or petrisien, plural petrisiaid or petrisod)
- partridge(s)
Derived terms[edit]
- petris coesgoch (“red-legged partridges”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| petris | betris | mhetris | phetris |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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References[edit]
- “petris”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
