ystlum
Welsh
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Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Irish ialtóg; likely from a non-IE substrate language.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈəsdlɨ̞m/, [ˈəstlɨ̞m]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈəsdlɪm/, [ˈəstlɪm]
Noun
[edit]ystlum m (plural ystlumod)
- bat (Chiroptera, flying mammal)[2]
Derived terms
[edit]- yr ystlum lleiaf (“pipistrelle”)
- yr ystlum pedol lleiaf (“lesser horseshoe bat”)
- yr ystlum pedol mwyaf (“greater horseshoe bat”)
- ystlum adain lydan (“serotine”)
- ystlum barfol (“whiskered bat”)
- ystlum Bechstein (“Bechstein's bat”)
- ystlum Brandt (“Brandt's bat”)
- ystlum clustlydan (“mouse-eared bat”)
- ystlum deuliw (“particoloured bat”)
- ystlum du (“barbastelle”)
- ystlum hirglust llwyd (“grey long-eared bat”)
- ystlum hirglust, ystlum clustiog (“brown long-eared bat”)
- ystlum Leisler (“Leisler's bat”)
- ystlum mawr (“noctule”)
- ystlum Natterer (“Natterer's bat”)
- ystlum y dŵr (“water bat”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| ystlum | unchanged | unchanged | hystlum |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Mikhailova, Tatyana A., Once again on the pre-Celtic substratum in the British Islands, Journal of Language Relationship, vol. 8, no. 1, 2012, pp. 160-165.
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994) Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)[1] (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 42