picen ar y maen
Welsh
Picau ar y maen
Alternative forms
Etymology
From picen (“small round cake, griddle cake”) + ar (“on”) + y (“the”) + maen (“stone, griddle”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ar ə ˈmaːɨ̯n/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ar ə ˈmai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˌpɪkɛn ar ə ˈmaːn/
Noun
picen ar y maen m (plural picau ar y maen or picau maen)
- (South Wales) Welsh cake
- Synonyms: cacen fach, cacen gri, pic ar y maen, picen, picen fach, teisen gri, teisen radell, Welsh cêc
Usage notes
- There are many terms for Welsh cake in Welsh and the particular word an individual uses will vary from area to area.
- Although picen ar y maen is the full singular form of plural picau ar y maen, these are usually referred to as just picen in the singular.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| picen ar y maen | bicen ar y maen | mhicen ar y maen | phicen ar y maen |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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