marchrawn Mackay

Welsh

Marchrawnen Mackay

Etymology

marchrawn (horsetails) + named after James Townsend Mackay (1775–1862), Scottish botanist.

Noun

marchrawn Mackay f (collective, singulative marchrawnen Mackay)[1]

  1. Mackay's horsetails (Equisetum × trachyodon)[1]

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
marchrawn Mackay farchrawn Mackay unchanged 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 1
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