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melyn
melyn
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
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛlɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛlɪn/, /ˈmeːlɪn/
Adjective
melyn (feminine singular melen, plural melynion, equative melyned, comparative melynach, superlative melynaf)
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 |