blodyn
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Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From old plural blawd (“flowers”) + -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈblɔdɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbloːdɪn/, /ˈblɔdɪn/
- Rhymes: -ɔdɨ̞n
Noun
blodyn m (plural blodau)
Derived terms
- blodau cyn Mai, gorau na bai (“Flowers before May, better without them”)
- blodau dyddiau (“prime of life”)
- blodeuo (“to flower”)
- blodeuog (“floral, flowery”)
- blodyn tatws (“potato flower; term of endearment”)
- blodyn ymenyn (“buttercup”)
- blodyn yr haul (“sunflower”)
- gardd flodau (“flower garden”)
- gwely blodau (“flower bed”)
- gwerthwr blodau (“florist”)
- pâm blodau (“flower bed”)
- rhif y blodau (“countless”)
- siop flodau (“florist's”)
- Sul y Blodau (“Palm Sunday”)
- torch flodau, torch o flodau (“wreath of flowers”)
- y Ddawns Flodau (“Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance”)
- yn ei flodau (“in bloom; in his prime”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| blodyn | flodyn | mlodyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blodyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies