canwraidd
Welsh
Etymology
From can (“hundred”) + gwraidd (“root”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkanwrai̯ð/
Noun
canwraidd f (uncountable)
- Persicaria (A genus within the family Polygonaceae which includes knot-grass, mugwort, smartweeds and pinkweeds)
Derived terms
- canwraidd America (“American tear-thumb, Persicaria sagittata”)
- canwraidd bengoch (“amphibious bistort, Persicaria amphibia”)
- canwraidd goch (“amphibious bistort, Persicaria amphibia”)
- canwraidd lwyd (“mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; wormwood, Artemisia absinthium”)
- canwraidd Nepal (“Nepal persicaria, Persicaria nepalensis”)
- canwraidd Tsieina (“Chinese knotweed, Persicaria weyrichii”)
- canwraidd y dom (“pale persicaria, Persicaria lapathifolia”)
- canwraidd y dŵr (“amphibious bistort, Persicaria amphibia”)
- canwraidd y mynydd (“Alpine persicaria, Persicaria vivipara”)
- chwysigen y ganwraidd (“bistort blister, Microbotryum pustulatum”)
- y ganwraidd Alpaidd (“Alpine knotweed, Persicaria alpina”)
- y ganwraidd fach (“lesser knotweed, Persicaria campanulata”)
- y ganwraidd goch (“red bistort, Persicaria amplexicaulis”)
- y ganwraidd goesgoch (“redshank, Persicaria maculosa”)
- y ganwraidd Himalaiaidd (“Himalayan knotweed, Persicaria wallichii”)
- y ganwraidd rosliw (“pinkweed, Persicaria pensylvanica”)
- y ganwraidd wlanog (“soft knotweed, Persicaria mollis”)
- rhwd arian y ganwraidd (“bistort silver rust, Microbotryum marginale”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| canwraidd | ganwraidd | nghanwraidd | chanwraidd |
| 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), “canwraidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies