beidr

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *beudr, from Proto-Celtic *bow-itrom (“cow path”), equivalent to *bāus + *itos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁itós. MacBain instead compares Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “I walk”), from *gʷem- (“to step”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /bei̯dr/, [ˈbei̯dr̩]
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /bei̯dr/, [ˈbei̯dr̩]

Noun

beidr f (plural beidri)

  1. (South Wales) (a narrow) lane, track
    Synonyms: lôn, wtra

Mutation

Mutated forms of beidr
radical soft nasal aspirate
beidr feidr meidr unchanged

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), “beidr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bóthar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 44
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