mwyar

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨar (compare Cornish mor, Breton mouar), from Proto-Celtic *smiyoros (compare Irish sméar). Doublet of mieri (“brambles”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊɨ̯.ar/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmʊi̯.ar/

Noun

mwyar f (collective, singulative mwyaren)

blackberries, brambleberries, berries

Synonyms

mwyar duon
mafon duon

Derived terms

mwyar y Berwyn (“cloudberries”)
mwyara (“to gather blackberries”)
mwyar pêr (“sweetbriers”)
mwyar y brain (“bilberries”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mwyar*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwyar	fwyar	unchanged	unchanged

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