bwrdd
Welsh
Alternative forms
- bwrd
Etymology
From Middle Welsh bwrt, from Old English bord (compare Irish bord); doublet of bord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊrð/
- Rhymes: -ʊrð
Noun
bwrdd m (plural byrddau or bwrddoedd or byrdd)
- table, board
- Synonyms: bord, tabl
- food and drink, daily sustenance, hospitality
- board, body of councillors, committee
- (nautical) deck, board; side of a ship
- board, plank
- (mining) suspended scaffolding in a slate-quarry to hold three men against the face of the rock for boring a hole for blasting
Derived terms
- hambwrdd (“tray”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bwrdd | fwrdd | mwrdd | 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), “bwrdd, bwrd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies