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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kli-trā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlíto (“post, trimmed log”), ultimately related to *ḱley- (“to lean”); see also Old Norse hlíð (“slope”), Welsh clwyd (“gate, hurdle”), Lithuanian šlìtė (“ladder”), pã-šlitas (“curved”). Celtic cognates include Middle Breton clezr, Middle Irish clithar, clethar (“shelter, covert, fastness; protection”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cledr f or f pl (singulative cledren, plural cledrau)
- stave, rod, rafter, beam, post, rail; (figuratively) support
- laths, wattle, lattice, trellis
- (heraldry) pale
- rail (railroad track)
- Synonym: rheil
- (anatomy) palm
- Synonym: palf
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cledr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clithar, clethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “klit-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 208