picen ar y maen

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From picen (“small round cake, griddle cake”) +‎ ar (“on”) +‎ y (“the”) +‎ maen (“stone, griddle”).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ar ə ˈmaːɨ̯n/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ar ə ˈmai̯n/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ar ə ˈmaːn/

Noun

picen ar y maen m (plural picau ar y maen or picau maen)

  1. (South Wales) Welsh cake
    Synonyms: cacen fach, cacen gri, pic ar y maen, picen, picen fach, teisen gri, teisen radell, Welsh cêc

Usage notes

  • There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.
  • Although picen ar y maen is the full singular form of plural picau ar y maen, these are usually referred to as just picen in the singular.

Mutation

Mutated forms of picen ar y maen
radical soft nasal aspirate
picen ar y maen bicen ar y maen mhicen ar y maen phicen ar y maen

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

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