derw

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dar, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru; compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛru/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːru/, /ˈdɛru/

Noun

derw f (collective, singulative derwen)

oaks
Synonym: deri

Derived terms

afal (y) derw (“oak apple”)
bachadain y derw (“oak hook-tip moth”)
barfau'r derw (“tree liverwort”)
bloneg (y) derw (“oak sap”)
callod y derw, clustiau'r derw (“lungwort”)
delor y derw (“green woodpecker”)
llawredyn y derw, marchredyn y derw, rhedyn y derw (“common polypody”)
llygoden y derw (“titmouse”)
madarch y derw (“tree fungus”)

Related terms

derwydd (“druid”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
derw	dderw	nerw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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