pêr
See also: Appendix:Variations of "per"
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh per, from Proto-Brythonic *per, a borrowing from Latin pira, plural of pirum n (“pear”). Cognate with Cornish per, Breton per.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peːr/
- Rhymes: -eːr
Synonyms
Derived terms
- perllan f (“orchard”)
Adjective
pêr (feminine singular pêr, plural perion, equative pered, comparative perach, superlative peraf)
Derived terms
- creithig bêr (“sweet cicely”)
- drysi pêr, drys pêr, mwyar pêr, perfieri (“sweetbriers”)
- eithin pêr (“juniper”)
- glesyn-y-coed pêr (“yellow bugle”)
- marchredyn pêr (“hay-scented buckler ferns”)
- rhedyn pêr y mynydd (“lemon-scented ferns”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pêr | bêr | mhêr | phêr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pêr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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