mesur

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh messur, from Old Welsh mesur, from Proto-Brythonic *mesʉr, from British Vulgar Latin *mesūra, from Latin mēnsūra.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɨ̞r/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪr/
Rhymes: -ɛsɨ̞r

Noun

mesur m (plural mesurau)

measure
bill (proposed law)
(poetry) metre

Noun

mesur m (plural mesuriadau)

Derived terms

mccc
mesur diodl (“blank verse”)
mesuredd (“area, dimension, the measure of something”)
o fesul (“at a time”)
pren mesur (“ruler”)
silindr mesur (“graduated cylinder”)
tryfesur (“diameter”)
uned fesur (“unit of measurement”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mesur*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mesur	fesur	unchanged	unchanged

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