affelion

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English aphelion, from New Latin aphēlium, from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) + -ον (-on, “noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈfɛljɔn/

Noun

affelion m (plural affelionau or affelia)

  1. (astronomy) aphelion
    Antonym: perihelion

Mutation

Mutated forms of affelion
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
affelion unchanged unchanged haffelion

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

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “affelion”, 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.