paladr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷalatros (compare Old Irish celtair (“spear, spear tip”)).

Noun

paladr m (plural pelydr)

  1. shaft (of spear, bone, column, chimney)
  2. (literary) stem (of plant, flower, fruit, etc.)
    Synonyms: coes, coesyn, coesen
  3. (architecture) trunk
    Synonym: boncyff
  4. (history, religion) upright of cross
  5. beam, ray

Derived terms

  • dibaladr (“shaftless, lacking a rod or shaft”)
  • helyglys paladr pedrongl (“square-stalked willowherb”)
  • hesg paladr triochrog (“false fox-sedge”)
  • paladr blodeuwyrdd (“frog orchid”)
  • paladr trwyddo (“ hare's ear, hound's ear, thorow-wax”)
  • paladr y wal, paladr y pared (“spreading pellitory, wall pellitory”)
  • pelydryn (“ray of light”)
  • ymbelydredd (“radiation”)

Compounds

  • ceiniog baladr f (“a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas”, literally “spear penny”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of paladr
radical soft nasal aspirate
paladr baladr mhaladr phaladr

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

References

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