rhestr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh restyr, from Proto-Celtic *rexstrom, from *rek- (“to arrange”) +‎ *-strom (instrumental suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /r̥ɛsdr/, [ˈr̥ʰɛstr̩]
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /r̥ɛsdr/, [ˈr̥ʰɛstr̩]
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɛsdɛr/, [ˈr̥ʰɛstɛr]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsdr

Noun

rhestr f (plural rhestri or rhestrau)

  1. list (enumeration or compilation of items)
  • rhes (“row, rank”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhestr
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhestr restr unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2022) “The Development of Proto-Celtic *st in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhestr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.