callestr

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognate with Cornish kelester and Breton kailhastr.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈkaɬɛsdr/, [ˈkaɬɛstr]
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkaɬɛsd/, [ˈkaɬɛst]; /ˈkaɬasd/, [ˈkaɬast]
  • (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈkaɬɛsdr/, [ˈkaɬɛstr]
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkaɬɛsd/, [ˈkaɬɛst]

Noun

callestr m or f (plural cellystr or callestri)

  1. (literary, uncountable, countable) flint, a piece of flint
    Synonym: fflint
  2. (uncountable) pyrites
    Synonym: pyrit
  3. (countable) any hard thing

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of callestr
radical soft nasal aspirate
callestr gallestr nghallestr challestr

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

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “flint”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “callestr”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “callestr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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