testun

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh testun, from Proto-Brythonic *testʉn, contracted from Latin testimōnium (“testimony, evidence”). It is unclear whether the contraction took place in Proto-Brythonic (thus via a form *testɨβ̃ʉn) or in Vulgar Latin (thus via a form *testōnium).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛsdɨ̞n/, [ˈtɛstɨ̞n]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪn/, [ˈtɛsdɪn]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsdɨ̞n

Noun

testun m (plural testunau)

  1. text
  2. subject, matter

Derived terms
  • cyd-destun (“context”)
  • is-destun (“subtext”)
  • testunol (“textual”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
testun destun nhestun thestun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “testun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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