pabi
Welsh
Pabïau
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English papy, popy, ultimately from Latin papāver.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpabɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpa(ː)bi/
Derived terms
- pabi bychan (“long prickly-headed poppy”)
- pabi coch, pabi'r gwenith, pabi gwyllt (“red poppy, common poppy”)
- pabi corniog (“horned poppy”)
- pabi crynben gwrychog (“round prickly-headed poppy”)
- pabi crynben pigog (“round prickly-headed poppy”)
- pabi Cymreig, pabi melyn (“Welsh poppy”)
- pabi dof, pabi gwyn, pabi opiwm, pabi'r gardd, pabi'r gerddi (“opium poppy, white poppy”)
- pabi du (“black poppy”)
- pabi gwrychog (“rough poppy”)
- pabi hirben gwrychog (“long prickly-headed poppy”)
- pabi hirben llyfn (“long-haired poppy”)
- pen pabi (“poppy head”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pabi | babi | mhabi | phabi |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pabi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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