bedw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdʊ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːdu/, /ˈbɛdu/

Noun

bedw f (collective, singulative bedwen)

birches

Derived terms

bedw arian (“silver birches”)
bedwen Fai (“maypole”)
bedwen haf (“maypole”)
bedwen Ifan (“maypole”)
bedwos (“birch grove”)
carn y fedwen (“hoof fungus”)
corfedw (“dwarf birches”)

Mutation

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

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