picen fach

Welsh

Etymology

From pic (“small round cake, griddle cake”) + bach (“small”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ˈvaːχ/

Noun

picen fach f (plural picau bach)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of picen fach
radical soft nasal aspirate
picen fach bicen fach mhicen fach phicen fach

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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