rhedyn

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *rrėdɨn (compare Cornish reden, Breton raden), diminutive of Proto-Celtic *ɸratis (compare Middle Irish raith, Old Irish raithnech), from Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH- (compare Greek φτέρη (ftéri), Lithuanian papártis).

Pronunciation

Noun

rhedyn f pl (singulative rhedynen)

  1. ferns
  2. bracken

Derived terms

  • rhedyn y fagwyr (spleenwort; wall polypody)

Mutation

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