afuad

Welsh

Etymology

From afu (“liver”) +‎ -ad (“plant, wort”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

afuad m (plural afuadau)

  1. liverwort (Marchantiophyta)[2]

Synonyms

Hyponyms
  • anewra (“liverworts of genus Aneura”)
  • cwpanllys (“any liverwort of genus Marchantia”)

Derived Hyponyms
  • afuad croen neidr (“snakewort”)
  • afuad crymbigog (“crescent-cup liverwort”)
  • afuad gwelw Gwenffrewi (“St Winifred's other moss”)
  • afuad Gwenffrewi (“St Winifred's moss”)
  • afuad gwrychog (“Dumortier's liverwort”)
  • afuad isddeiliog (“orobus-seed liverwort”)
  • afuad mawr pêr (“great scented liverwort”)
  • afuad pengrwn (“hemispheric liverwort”)
  • afuad pensgwar (“narrow mushroom-headed liverwort”)

Other derived terms
  • bogail afuad (“liverwort navel mushroom”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
afuad unchanged unchanged hafuad
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), “afuad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018) “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎, retrieved 17 March 2024
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