glyn
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh glyn; compare glen.
Noun
glyn (plural glyns)
- A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom
- Edmund Spenser
- He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.
- Edmund Spenser
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *glɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos.
Noun
glyn m (plural glynnoedd)
- glen, valley
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glyn | lyn | nglyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||