bwrdd

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • bwrd

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bord (compare Irish bord).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʊrð/

Noun

bwrdd m (plural byrddau or bwrddoedd)

    1. table, board
    2. food and drink, daily sustenance, hospitality
    3. board, body of councillors, committee
    1. (nautical) deck, board; side of a ship
    2. board, plank
    3. (mining) suspended scaffolding in a slate-quarry to hold three men against the face of the rock for boring a hole for blasting

Synonyms
  • (table, board): bord, tabl

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
bwrdd fwrdd mwrdd unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bwrdd, bwrd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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