sebon

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Esperanto[edit]

Noun[edit]

sebon

  1. accusative singular of sebo

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. The sense semen is older than the sense soap (the former attested in Middle Welsh, the latter not until Early Modern Welsh), so it may be a conflation of Latin sēmen with Latin sāpō, although the vowels do not match either word. (If the Latin words had been borrowed into Proto-Brythonic, sēmen, sēminis would be expected to give Welsh *swyf(yn), while sāpō(nis) would give *sawb or *sobun.) Hypothesizing a borrowing from Old English sāpe (accusative sāpan) also leaves the vowels (and the early semantics) unaccounted for.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sebon m (plural sebonau, not mutable)

  1. soap (substance used for cleaning)
  2. (obsolete) semen (male reproductory fluid)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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