âr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ar"

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːr/
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

âr m or f (plural arau)

  1. (agriculture) tillage, cultivation of arable land
  2. (agriculture) arable land
    Synonyms: ardir, tir âr, tir tro

Derived terms

  • ardir, tir âr (“arable land, tillage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of âr
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
âr unchanged unchanged hâr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “âr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.