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melyn

melyn

Cornish

Adjective

melyn

  1. yellow

Derived terms


Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh melyn, from Proto-Celtic *melinos (compare Cornish melyn, Breton melen), from *meli (honey) (compare Welsh mêl). More at mêl.

Pronunciation

Adjective

melyn (feminine singular melen, plural melynion, equative melyned, comparative melynach, superlative melynaf)

  1. yellow

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
melyn felyn unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     coch      gwyrdd      melyn      melynwyn      gwyn
     rhudd      ?      ?      ?      pinc
     ?      glas      oren, melyngoch      llwyd      fioled
     du      porffor      brown      asur, gwynlas      gwyrddlas