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See also: Tyner
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh tyner, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨner (whence Breton tener), from Latin tener.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tyner (feminine singular tyner, plural tynerion, equative mor dyner, comparative mwy tyner, superlative mwyaf tyner)
- tender, gentle
- John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt), transl., Lewis Hartsough (music) (19ᵗʰ C.), “Gwahoddiad”, (in Welsh): “Mi glywaf dyner lais […] ― I hear a tender voice […] ”
Derived terms
[edit]- maip tyner (“white bryony”)
- tynerder (“tenderness, gentleness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| tyner | dyner | nhyner | thyner |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tyner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies