brechdan

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Irish brechtán (“bread with butter spread on it”) (obsolete Irish breachtán),[1] from brecht (“variegated, multicolored”), from Old Irish mrecht,[2] from Proto-Celtic *mrixtos (“painted, speckled”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛχdan/, [ˈbrɛχtan]

Noun

brechdan f (plural brechdanau)

  1. sandwich

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
brechdan frechdan mrechdan unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “brechdan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “brechtán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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