mapgoll

Welsh
mapgoll

Alternative forms
  • mabgoll

Etymology

mab (“son”) +‎ coll (“hazel”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmapɡɔɬ/, [ˈmapkɔɬ]
  • Rhymes: -apɡɔɬ

Noun

mapgoll f pl (no singulative)

  1. avens (plant of the genus Geum)
  2. wood avens, herb bennet (Geum urbanum)
    Synonyms: llysiau Bened, y bendigeidlys

Derived terms
  • mapgoll glan y dŵr (“water avens”)
  • mapgoll yr ŷd (“common poppy”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mapgoll fapgoll unchanged 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), “mapgoll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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