dosbarth

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dosparth; By surface analysis, dy- +‎ gosbarth, gwosbarth (“order, rule, government”).[1] The latter is either (1) from gos- (“meaningless prefix”) +‎ parth (“zone, region, part”),[2] (with gos-, gwos- equivalent to go- +‎ es-) or (2) from go- + a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *sper-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔsbarθ/, [ˈdɔsparθ]

Noun

dosbarth m (plural dosbarthau or dosbarthion or dosbeirth)

  1. (school) class, grade, year, form
  2. class, category, division
  3. class (social grouping)
  4. district, division, region
  5. (taxonomy) class

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dosbarth
radical soft nasal aspirate
dosbarth ddosbarth nosbarth unchanged

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 13
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gosbarth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Further reading

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