gronyn
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Middle English[edit]
Verb[edit]
gronyn
- Alternative form of gronen
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔnɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡroːnɪn/, /ˈɡrɔnɪn/
Noun[edit]
gronyn m
- singulative of grawn (“grain, corn”)[1]
Noun[edit]
gronyn m (plural gronynnau or gronynnos)[2]
- a single grain or seed, one of the grains of a cereal plant
- apple pip
- particle (e.g. of sand or dust), granule
- mote, atom (not in the scientific sense, for which see atom)
- (particle physics) elementary particle, subatomic particle[3]
Derived terms[edit]
- gronyn llwch (“dust particle”)
- gronyn paill (“pollen grain”)
- gronyn elfennol (“elementary particle”)
- gronyn isatomig (“subatomic particle”)
- gronyn alffa (“alpha particle”)
- gronyn beta (“beta particle”)
- gronyn ymbelydrol (“radioactive particle”)
- gronynnog (“grainy, full of grains”)
- gronynnol (“granular, corpuscular”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gronyn | ronyn | ngronyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “grawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gronyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ The Language Technologies Unit of the Bedwyr Centerof Bangor University (2023) “gronyn”, in Y Termiadur Addysg