termyn

Cornish

From Proto-Brythonic *terβ̃ɨn, from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit, end”). Cognate with Welsh terfyn.

termyn m (plural termynyow)

period, term, time
- c. 1667, Nicolas Boson, Jooan Chei an Horr:
  En termen ez passiez thera Trigaz en St.Levan Dean ha Bennen en Tellar creiez chei a Horr.
  En termyn eus passyes th'era trigys en Selevan den ha benyn en teller kreiys Chei an Hor'.
  Once upon a time, there lived in St Levan a man and a woman in a place called the Ram's House.

hanter termyn (“half time”)
lyver termyn (“magazine”)
neb termyn (“sometime”)
oll termyn (“eternal”)
pub termyn (“always”)
skollya termyn (“waste time”)
termyn a dheu (“future”)
termyn bewnans (“lifetime”)
termyn heb diwedh (“eternity”)
termyn pell alemma (“long ago”)
termyn syger (“leisure”)
termyn yn-dann alhwedh (“lockdown”)
yn aray termyn (“in chronological order”)
yn neb termyn (“sometime”)
yn termyn eus passyes, yn termyn eus passys, yn termyn usi passyes, yn termyn usi passys (“once upon a time”)

termyn

Mutation of *termyn*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
termyn	dermyn	thermyn	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

termyn m inan (related adjective termynôwy)

term (time set aside to do something, defined as a certain period or as a specific day)