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Welsh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”), from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”). Compare Irish rón (“long hair as from an animal's tail”), Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rhawn m (collective, singulative rhawnyn)
rhawn f (collective, singulative rhawnen)
- horsehair, bristles, long coarse animal hair
- Synonym: gwrych
Derived terms
Adjective
rhawn (feminine singular rhawn, plural rhawn, not comparable)
- made of horsehair
- (of harp) strung with horsehair
Derived terms
Noun
rhawn m (plural rhoniau)
- tail
- Synonym: cynffon
- (in the plural) coarse wool on a sheep's buttocks
- Synonym: gwlan rhoniau
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 49
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies