bwm y gors

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • bwmp y gors

Etymology

Literally “boom of the marsh”, from the bird's call.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbʊm ə ˈɡɔrs/

Noun

bwm y gors m (plural bwmau'r gors)

  1. Eurasian bittern, great bittern, bittern (Botaurus stellaris)[1]
  2. (by extension) any bittern (bird of the subfamily Botaurinae in the heron family, Ardeidae)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • bwm bach y gors (“little bittern”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bwm y gors fwm y gors mwm y gors unchanged
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 16
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