molybdenwm
Welsh
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Darn a chiwb molybdenum
Etymology
Borrowed from English molybdenum, from New Latin molybdaenum, from molybdaena (“any of various substances resembling lead”), from Ancient Greek μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina, “a plummet, piece of lead”), from μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead; graphite”), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *morkʷ- (“dark”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mɔˈlɨ̞bdɛˌnʊm/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /mɔˈlɪbdɛˌnʊm/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞bdɛnʊm
Noun
molybdenwm m (uncountable)
- molybdenum
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| molybdenwm | folybdenwm | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “molybdenwm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies