Welsh

Noun

paladr m (plural pelydr)

1. spear shaft; spear, pike, lance
2. column, pillar, post, stay, prop; stem of candlestick, letter, etc., upright of cross, etc.; blade (of knife); shaft (of arrow, stick, etc.); beam (of roof, etc.); clef (music)
3. upholder, supporter; progenitor; lineage, family
4. stalk, stem; trunk (of tree); pistil
5. axle, axis; mill-shaft, mill-spindle; shaft (of cart, etc.)
6. a varying land-measure, rod, perch, pole
7. beam or ray of light, radio waves, etc., tail of comet

Derived terms

• dibaladr ‎(“shaftless, lacking a rod or shaft”, adjective)
• ceiniog baladr f ‎(“a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas”, literally “spear penny”)

Mutation

References

• “paladr” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.