rhawn

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Brythonic *rrọn (“horsehair”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *(ɸ)rānos (“mane”)[2]. Compare Irish rón (“long hair as from an animal's tail”), Middle Irish róinne, rúainne (“a single hair”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /r̥au̯n/

Noun

rhawn m or m pl (plural rhoniau, diminutive rhawnyn or rhawnen)

  1. horsehair, bristles, long coarse animal hair
  2. tail

Derived terms
  • crys rhawn m (“hairshirt”)
  • marchrawn f pl (“horsetails”)
  • rhawn y gaseg m (“mare's-tail”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhawn rawn unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

References
  1. Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 49
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.