rhawn

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from 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 (collective, singulative rhawnyn)
rhawn f (collective, singulative rhawnen)

  1. horsehair, bristles, long coarse animal hair
    Synonym: gwrych

Derived terms

  • marchrawn (“horsetails”)
  • rhawn y gaseg (“mare's-tail”)

Adjective

rhawn (feminine singular rhawn, plural rhawn, not comparable)

  1. made of horsehair
  2. (of harp) strung with horsehair

Derived terms

Noun

rhawn m (plural rhoniau)[3]

  1. tail
    Synonym: cynffon
  2. (in the plural) coarse wool on a sheep's buttocks
    Synonym: gwlan rhoniau

Derived terms

  • rhonell (“tail, dock”)
  • rhonwellt (“Timothy, cat's-tail”)
  • gwlân rhoniau (“tail wool”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhawn
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhawn rawn unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 32.3, page 49
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
  3. ^ 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
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