addurn

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh aðurn, from Proto-Brythonic *aðʉrn, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin adōrnō.

Pronunciation

Noun

addurn m (plural addurnau)

  1. decoration, adornment, ornament
    Synonym: addurniad

Usage notes

  • Often addurniadau (technically, the plural form of addurniad) is used for the plural rather than addurnau.

Derived terms

  • addurngylch (“astragal”)
  • addurno (“to decorate, embellish”)
  • addurnol (“decorative, ornamental”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of addurn
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
addurn unchanged unchanged haddurn

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

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.