llythyr
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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh llythyr, from Old Welsh leder, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨθer (whence also Middle Cornish lyther and Middle Breton lizer), from Latin littera. Cognate with Old Irish liter.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬəθɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬəθɪr/
Noun
llythyr m (plural llythyrau or llythyron)
Derived terms
- llythyren f (“letter (of the alphabet)”)
- cylchlythyr m (“circular letter”)
- llythyrdy m (“post office”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llythyr | lythyr | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llythyr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Latin
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
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