agerstalwm
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Welsh
Etymology
Coined by Welsh children’s author and illustrator Llinos Mair in her tweet (№ 644243692103057408) of 16th September 2015 to Welsh journalist and novelist Ifan Morgan Jones: a blend of ager m (“steam”) + ers talwm m (“times long past”), on the pattern of Aberstalwm.
Pronunciation
Noun
agerstalwm (gender not attested)
- (uncountable) steampunk (subgenre of science fiction)
- 2019, Ifan Morgan Jones, Babel, Talybont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, Acknowledgments, no pagination:
- Diolch hefyd i Llinos Mair am awgrymu ‘Agerstalwm’ fel cyfieithiad o enw genre ‘Steampunk’.
- Thanks also to Llinos Mair for suggesting ‘Agerstalwm’ as a translation of the name of the genre ‘Steampunk’.
- 2019 June 21st, John Jones, quotee, “Agerstalwm”, in Wicipedia Cymraeg, quoted in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, s.v. “agerstalwm”, entry published online in 2024:
- Is-genre ffantas[ï]ol o fewn gwyddonias yw agerstalwm, lle mae technoleg a dyfeisiadau esthetig wedi’u hysbrydoli gan beiriannau stêm diwydiannol o’r 19g.
- Steampunk is a fantasy sub-genre within science fiction, where technology and aesthetic devices are inspired by industrial steam machines from the 19c.
- 2020 April 11th [2015 March 5th], Testun Cyf., Rhesymau Dros Aros yn Fyw, Talybont: Y Lolfa, translation of Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (in English), →ISBN, “Fy symptomau”, no pagination:
- Yn aml fe fyddwn, yn hollol ddigymell, yn dychmygu fy meddwl fel rhyw beiriant eang a thywyll, fel rhywbeth allan o nofel graffeg steampunk neu ‘agerstalwm’, yn frith o bibelli a phedalau a liferi ac offer hydrolig, gyda sŵn, gwreichion a stêm yn tasgu i bob man.
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Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| agerstalwm | unchanged | unchanged | hagerstalwm |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
agerstalwm on the Welsh Wikipedia.Wikipedia cy- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “agerstalwm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
