cledr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kli-trā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlíto (“post, trimmed log”), ultimately related to *ḱley- (“to lean”); see also Old Norse hlíð (“slope”), Welsh clwyd (“gate, hurdle”), Lithuanian šlìtė (“ladder”), pã-šlitas (“curved”). Celtic cognates include Middle Breton clezr, Middle Irish clithar, clethar (“shelter, covert, fastness; protection”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /klɛdr/, [ˈklˠʰɛdr̩]
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /klɛdr/, [ˈklʰɛdr̩]
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkleːdɛr/, /ˈklɛdɛr/

Noun

cledr f or f pl (singulative cledren, plural cledrau)

  1. stave, rod, rafter, beam, post, rail; (figuratively) support
  2. laths, wattle, lattice, trellis
  3. (heraldry) pale
  4. rail (railroad track)
    Synonym: rheil
  5. (anatomy) palm
    Synonym: palf

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cledr gledr nghledr chledr
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), “cledr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clithar, clethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “klit-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
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