bara a chaws
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Welsh[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (collocation) bread and cheese
- bread-and-cheese, hawthorn leaves (as food)
Usage notes[edit]
Except after ei (“her”), use of the aspirate mutation is rare in the colloquial language. However it remains common in idioms and collocations such as this one.
Derived terms[edit]
- bara a chaws y gog, bara caws y gog (“wood sorrel”)
- bara a chaws y gwcw, bara caws y gwcw (“wood sorrel; common sorrel”)
- bara a chawsa, barachawsa (“to collect bread and cheese”)
- pren bara a chaws (“hawthorn tree”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bara a chaws | 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), “bara a chaws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies