bwthyn

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English

A traditional bwthyn.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Welsh bwthyn. Possibly cognate with Scottish Gaelic bothag, Scots and Scottish English bothy.

Pronunciation

Noun

bwthyn (plural bythynnod)

  1. A small Welsh cottage.
    • 1943, Michael Gareth Llewelyn, Sand in the Glass:
      When I got home I called in the bwthyn where our welter-weight, Wil Shon Morgan, lived.
    • 1976, John B. Hilling, The historic architecture of Wales: an introduction:
      In its simplest form, the bwthyn is a one-roomed or two-roomed cottage and was the most widespread house type of the Welsh countryside up to the present century.
    • 1998, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England), The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian:
      We arrived at the bwthyn where a peat fire burnt at one end and a very black kettle hung over it and the smell of the peat acted as an excellent dissinfectant ... But oh! the dirty muddle inside was awful.

Welsh

Etymology

From bwth (hut) +‎ -yn (diminutive suffix). Possibly cognate with Scottish Gaelic bothag, Scots and Scottish English bothy.

Pronunciation

Noun

bwthyn m (plural bythynnod)

  1. cottage

Descendants

  • English: bwthyn

Mutation

Mutated forms of bwthyn
radical soft nasal aspirate
bwthyn fwthyn mwthyn unchanged

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bwthyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies