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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *fau (from Latin fāgus) + gwŷdd (“trees”). Compare Breton faou (“beech trees”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ffawydd f (collective, singulative ffawydden, not mutable)
- beech, trees of genus (Fagus), especially European or common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffawydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2) (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 12