llythyren
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From llythyr (“letter, epistle”) + -en.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬəˈθərɛn/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬəˈθəran/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬəˈθərɛn/
Noun[edit]
llythyren f (plural llythrennau or llythyrennau)
- letter (of the alphabet)
Derived terms[edit]
- llythreniad (“lettering, inscription; orthography”)
- llythrennedd (“literacy”)
- llythrennog (“literate”)
- llythrennol (“literal”)
- llythrennu (“to inscribe”)
- priflythyren (“capital letter”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llythyren | lythyren | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||