mesur

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh messur, from Old Welsh mesur, from Proto-Brythonic *mesʉr, from British Vulgar Latin *mesūra, from Latin mēnsūra.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪr/
• Rhymes: -ɛsɨ̞r

Noun

mesur m (plural mesurau)

1. measure
2. bill (proposed law)
3. (poetry) metre

Noun

mesur m (plural mesuriadau)

1. measurement
2. quantity

Derived terms

• fesul (“at a time”)
• mesur diodl (“blank verse”)
• pren mesur (“ruler”)
• silindr mesur (“graduated cylinder”)
• uned fesur (“unit of measurement”)

 

Mutation

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