bwm y gors

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Welsh

Bwm y gors

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Etymology

Literally “boom of the marsh”, from the bird's call.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbʊm ə ˈɡɔrs/

Noun

bwm y gors m (plural bwmau'r gors)

  1. Eurasian bittern, great bittern, bittern (Botaurus stellaris)[1]
  2. (by extension) any bittern (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae in the heron family, Ardeidae)

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Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bwm y gors fwm y gors mwm y gors unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 16
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