bwthyn
English
A traditional bwthyn.
Etymology
From Welsh bwthyn. Possibly cognate with Scottish Gaelic bothag, Scots and Scottish English bothy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʊθɪn/
Noun
bwthyn (plural not attested)
- A small Welsh cottage.
- 1943, Michael Gareth Llewelyn, Sand in the Glass:
- When I got home I called in the bwthyn where our welter-weight, Wil Shon Morgan, lived.
- 1976, John B. Hilling, The historic architecture of Wales: an introduction
- In its simplest form, the bwthyn is a one-roomed or two-roomed cottage and was the most widespread house type of the Welsh countryside up to the present century.
- 1998, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England), The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian
- We arrived at the bwthyn where a peat fire burnt at one end and a very black kettle hung over it and the smell of the peat acted as an excellent dissinfectant[sic] ... But oh! the dirty muddle inside was awful.
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Welsh
Etymology
From bwth (“hut”) + -yn (“diminutive suffix”). Possibly cognate with Scottish Gaelic bothag, Scots and Scottish English bothy.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbʊθɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbʊθɪn/
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Noun
bwthyn m (plural bythynnod)
- cottage
Descendants
- → English: bwthyn
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bwthyn | fwthyn | mwthyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bwthyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies