llysiau

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lussus (“medicinal herb, vegetable”), with likely influence from Proto-Celtic *lubā (“herb, plant”). Cognate with Breton louzoù and Cornish losow.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəʃaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəʃɛ/, /ˈɬəʃa/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəsjai̯/, /ˈɬəʃai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəsjɛ/, /ˈɬəʃɛ/, /ˈɬɪsjɛ/, /ˈɬɪʃɛ/

Noun

llysiau m (collective, singulative llysieuyn)

1. vegetables
2. herbs
3. (literary) plural of llys (“plants”)

Derived terms

• llysiau'r afu (“liverwort”)
• llysiau'r fagwyr (“stonecrop”)
• llysiau'r gwrda (“Good King Henry”)
• llysiau'r milwr coch (“purple loosestrife”)
• llysiau'r parlys (“cowslips”)
• llysieufa (“herbarium”)
• llysieuol (“relating to vegetables; herbal; herbaceous; vegetarian”)
• llysieuwr (“vegetarian”)

 

Mutation

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

References

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