purlan
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pur (“pure”) + glân (“clean”). Long vowels do not ordinarily occur in unstressed syllables in Welsh, so the long vowel in glân (marked by a circumflex) is shortened.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈˈpɨ̞rlan/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpirlan/
Adjective[edit]
purlan (feminine singular purlan, plural purlan, equative purlaned, comparative purlanach, superlative purlanaf)
- pure, holy
- undefiled, uncorrupted, faultless
- John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), transl., Lewis Hartsough (music) (19ᵗʰ C.), “Gwahoddiad”, (in Welsh): “Golch fi'n burlan yn y gwaed a gaed ar Galfari. ― “Wash me clean in the blood that flowed on Calvary.””
- sincere
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| purlan | burlan | mhurlan | phurlan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “purlan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies