llyfn
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *llɨvn, from Proto-Celtic *slimnos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”). Cognate with Breton levn, Scottish Gaelic sleamhainn, English slime.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬɨ̞vn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬɪvn/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞vn
Adjective[edit]
llyfn (feminine singular llefn, plural llyfnion, equative llyfned, comparative llyfnach, superlative llyfnaf)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llyfn | lyfn | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞vn
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨ̞vn/1 syllable
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh adjectives