byghan

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos. Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish and Scottish Gaelic beag, Manx beg, and Welsh bach, bychan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪxən/

Adjective

byghan (comparative byghanna / le, superlative lyha)

  1. little
  2. small

Derived terms

  • bara byghan (“bread roll”)
  • Breten Vyghan (“Brittany”)
  • byghanhe (“reduce”, verb)
  • bys byghan (“little finger, pinky”)
  • flogh byghan (“toddler, baby”)
  • gevel vyghan (“tweezers”)
  • Huk Vyghan Rudh (“Little Red Riding Hood”)
  • lavrek byghan (“underwear”)
  • margh byghan (“colt, foal, pony”)
  • pyg byghan (“runt”)
  • tiek byghan (“peasant”)

Mutation

Mutation of byghan
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
byghan vyghan unchanged pyghan fyghan vyghan

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

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