adar y bwn lleiaf

Welsh

Etymology

adar y bwn (“bittern”) + lleiaf (“smallest, least”).

Noun

adar y bwn lleiaf m (collective, singulative aderyn y bwn lleiaf)

  1. little bitterns (Ixobrychus minutus)[1]

Synonyms
  • bwmau bach y gors
  • bynnoedd bach
  • bwmau lleiaf

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
adar y bwn lleiaf unchanged unchanged hadar y bwn lleiaf
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 17
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