mefus

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not given an etymology or cognates by GPC. This chart claims that the word is either a derivative of Latin Maius (“May (month)”),[1] (perhaps because strawberries are ripest around May and June), or is related to Gaulish *majoþa (“strawberry”), the latter of unknown origin (that said, maybe it's also derived from the Latin root listed above, considering the similar phonetics). Said etymology has also been applied to Catalan maduixa (“id”) and Occitan majofa (“id”), though no citations are given on those pages or on the chart; is there academic literature discussing it? Or is it an ad-hoc folk etymology?

And what is Gaulish *majoþa? Gaulish uses 𐌈 when written in the Old Italic alphabet, θ when written in the Greek alphabet and ꟈ when written in the Latin alphabet, but I've never seen þ.”

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Pronunciation

Noun

mefus (plural, singular mefusen f)Category:Welsh lemmas#MEFUSCategory:Welsh nouns#MEFUSCategory:Welsh plural-basic nouns#MEFUSCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#MEFUSCategory:Pages with entries#MEFUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MEFUS

  1. (North WalesCategory:North Wales Welsh#MEFUS) strawberries

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mefus
radical soft nasal aspirate
mefus fefus unchanged unchanged

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

References

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