briger Gwener

Welsh
Briger Gwener

Alternative forms
  • briger Gwenno

Etymology

briger (“tresses, long hair”) + Gwener (“Venus”).

Noun

briger Gwener (collective, singulative brigeryn Gwener)

  1. maidenhair ferns (Adiantum capillus-veneris)[1][2]

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Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
briger Gwener friger Gwener mriger Gwener unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 2‎
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “briger”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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