dosbarth

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh dosparth; By surface analysis, dy- +‎ gosbarth, gwosbarth (“order, rule, government”).[1] The latter is either (1) from gos- (“meaningless prefix”) +‎ parth (“zone, region, part”),[2] (with gos-, gwos- equivalent to go- +‎ es-) or (2) from go- + a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *sper-.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

dosbarth m (plural dosbarthau or dosbarthion or dosbeirth)

  1. (school) class, grade, year, form
  2. class, category, division
  3. class (social grouping)
  4. district, division, region
  5. (taxonomy) class

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 13
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gosbarth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Further reading

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