adar y bwn
Welsh
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Adar y bwn
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˌadar ə ˈbʊn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˌaːdar ə ˈbʊn/, /ˌadar ə ˈbʊn/
Noun
adar y bwn m (collective, singulative aderyn y bwn)
- Eurasian bitterns, great bitterns, bitterns (Botaurus stellaris)[1]
- (by extension) any bitterns (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae in the heron family, Ardeidae)
Synonyms
- bwmau'r gors
- bynnoedd
- tabyrddau y baw
- crehyrod brych
- buddeiod
Derived terms
- adar y bwn lleiaf (“little bitterns”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| adar y bwn | unchanged | unchanged | hadar y bwn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 16
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