paladr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷalatros (compare Old Irish celtair (“spear, spear tip”)).

Noun

paladr m (plural pelydr)

  1. shaft (of spear, bone, column, chimney)
  2. (literary) stem (of plant, flower, fruit, etc.)
    Synonyms: coes, coesyn, coesen
  3. (architecture) trunk
    Synonym: boncyff
  4. (history, religion) upright of cross
  5. beam, ray

Derived terms
  • dibaladr (“shaftless, lacking a rod or shaft”, adjective)
  • pelydryn (“ray of light”)
  • ymbelydredd (“radiation”)

Compounds
  • ceiniog baladr f (“a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas”, literally “spear penny”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
paladr baladr mhaladr phaladr
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), “paladr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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