testun
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh testun, from Proto-Brythonic *testʉn, contracted from Latin testimōnium (“testimony, evidence”). It is unclear whether the contraction took place in Proto-Brythonic (thus via a form *testɨβ̃ʉn) or in Vulgar Latin (thus via a form *testōnium).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛsdɨ̞n/, [ˈtɛstɨ̞n]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstɪn/, [ˈtɛsdɪn]
- Rhymes: -ɛsdɨ̞n
Noun
[edit]testun m (plural testunau)
Derived terms
[edit]- cyd-destun (“context”)
- is-destun (“subtext”)
- testunol (“textual”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
testun | destun | nhestun | thestun |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]Categories:
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Latin
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɛsdɨ̞n
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns