sebon
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Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
sebon
- 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]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɛbɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈseːbɔn/, /ˈsɛbɔn/
Noun[edit]
sebon m (plural sebonau, not mutable)
Derived terms[edit]
- sebon golchi llestri (“dish soap”)
- sebon meddal (“soft soap”)
- sebonaidd (“saponaceous”, adjective)
- sebonfaen (“soapstone”)
- seboni (“lather”, verb)
- sebonllyd (“soapy”, adjective)
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