tarw

See also: Tarw

Dutch

Noun

tarw

1. archaic spelling of tarwe
   • 1687, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek letter 57 to Royal Society[1]:

     Klanders maken door haar snuyt een gaatje in de Tarw […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *tarw, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtaːru/, /ˈtaru/

Noun

tarw m (plural teirw)

1. bull

Derived terms

• y Tarw (“Taurus”)
• croen y tarw (“coltsfoot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tarw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tarw	darw	nharw	tharw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “bull”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tarw”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “tarw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies