blodyn

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blodyn

Alternative forms

blodeuyn

Etymology

From old plural blawd (“flowers”) +‎ -yn, from Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (compare Cornish bleujen, Breton bleuñv, Irish bláth), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔdɨ̞n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbloːdɪn/, /ˈblɔdɪn/
Rhymes: -ɔdɨ̞n

Noun

blodyn m (plural blodau)

(botany) flower
Synonym: fflŵr
Term of fond address
Ti'n iawn, blodyn?
You alright, my lovely?

Derived terms

blodau cyn Mai, gorau na bai (“Flowers before May, better without them”)
blodau dyddiau (“prime of life”)
blodeuo (“to flower”)
blodyn neidr, blodyn taranau, blodyn crach (“red campion”)
blodyn tatws (“potato flower; term of endearment”)
blodyn y gwynt (“anemone”)
blodyn ymenyn (“buttercup”)
blodyn yr haul (“sunflower”)
gardd flodau (“flower garden”)
gwely blodau (“flower bed”)
gwerthwr blodau (“florist”)
pâm blodau (“flower bed”)
rhif y blodau (“countless”)
siop flodau (“florist's”)
Sul y Blodau (“Palm Sunday”)
torch flodau, torch o flodau (“wreath of flowers”)
y Ddawns Flodau (“Gorsedd Cymru ceremonial floral dance”)
yn ei flodau (“in bloom; in his prime”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *blodyn*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blodyn	flodyn	mlodyn	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blodyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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