llwybr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sleikʷro- (compare Old Irish slicht, from *slixtus from the same root),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊɨ̯br/, [ˈɬʊɨ̯br̩]
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬʊi̯br/, [ˈɬʊi̯br̩]
  • Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯br

Noun

llwybr m (plural llwybrau or llwybrwydd or llwybrydd)

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of llwybr
radical soft nasal aspirate
llwybr lwybr unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwybr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 89 i