sglodyn
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFormerly the singulative of ysglod (“chips, splinters, shavings”) from older asglod, from Proto-Brythonic *asklọd, a suffixed derivative of Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula.
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɡlɔdɨ̞n/, [ˈsklɔdɨ̞n]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈsɡloːdɪn/, [ˈskloːdɪn], /ˈsɡlɔdɪn/, [ˈsklɔdɪn]
Noun
editsglodyn m (plural sglodion or sglods, not mutable)
- chip, splinter, shaving (of wood, stone etc.)
- chip, French fry (fried strips of potato of square or rectangular cross-section)
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sglodyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies