perllys

Welsh

Etymology

pêr (“sweet”) +‎ llys (“herb”).[1] May be a phono-semantically matched alteration of persli.

Pronunciation

Noun

perllys m (uncountable)

  1. (literary) parsley (Petroselinum crispum)[1]

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • creigberllys (“stone parsley”)
  • dibynlor perllys (“parsley water-dropwort”)
  • eilun-berllys (“hedge parsley”)
  • geuberllys, coegberllys (“fool's parsley, poison parsley”)
  • llaethberllys (“milk parsley”)
  • perllys y meirch (“lovage”)
  • perllys y perthi (“bur parsley; rough chervil”)
  • perllys yr hêl/helau, perllys y môr, perllys y mordir, perllys y morfa (“wild celery”)
  • perllys yr ŷd (“corn parsley”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of perllys
radical soft nasal aspirate
perllys berllys mherllys pherllys

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “perllys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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