ystlum

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Irish ialtóg; likely from a non-IE substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ystlum m (plural ystlumod)

  1. bat (Chiroptera, flying mammal)[2]

Derived terms
  • yr ystlum lleiaf (“pipistrelle”)
  • yr ystlum pedol lleiaf (“lesser horseshoe bat”)
  • yr ystlum pedol mwyaf (“greater horseshoe bat”)
  • ystlum adain lydan (“serotine”)
  • ystlum barfol (“whiskered bat”)
  • ystlum Bechstein (“Bechstein's bat”)
  • ystlum Brandt (“Brandt's bat”)
  • ystlum clustlydan (“mouse-eared bat”)
  • ystlum deuliw (“particoloured bat”)
  • ystlum du (“barbastelle”)
  • ystlum hirglust llwyd (“grey long-eared bat”)
  • ystlum hirglust, ystlum clustiog (“brown long-eared bat”)
  • ystlum Leisler (“Leisler's bat”)
  • ystlum mawr (“noctule”)
  • ystlum Natterer (“Natterer's bat”)
  • ystlum y dŵr (“water bat”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ystlum unchanged unchanged hystlum
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Mikhailova, Tatyana A., Once again on the pre-Celtic substratum in the British Islands, Journal of Language Relationship, vol. 8, no. 1, 2012, pp. 160-165.
  2. Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1994) Creaduriaid Asgwrn-Cefn: pysgod, amffibiaid, ymlusgiaid, adar a mamaliaid [Vertebrates: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 1)‎ (in Welsh), Tal-y-bont: Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 42
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