cypreswydd
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cypressus + gwŷdd (“trees”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kəpˈrɛswɨ̞ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kəpˈreːsʊi̯ð/, /kəpˈrɛsʊi̯ð/, /kəpˈrɛswɪð/
- Rhymes: -ɛswɨ̞ð
Noun
cypreswydd f (collective, singulative cypreswydden)
- cypresses, trees in the taxonomic family Cupressaceae, especially genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis[2]
Hypernyms
- conwydd (“conifers”)
Derived hyponyms
- cypreswydd Lawson (“Lawson's cypresses”)
- cypreswydd Leyland (“Leyland cypresses”)
- cypreswydd Monterey (“Monterey cypresses”)
- cypreswydd Nootka (“Nootka cypresses”)
- cypreswydd Sawara (“Sawara cypresses”)
Other hyponyms
- cedrwydd coch(ion) (“western red-cedars”)
- cedrwydd gwyn(ion) (“white cedars”)
- meryw (“juniper”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cypreswydd | gypreswydd | nghypreswydd | chypreswydd |
| 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), “cypreswydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- 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 7
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