danadl

Welsh

Danadl

Alternative forms

• danad, dynad, dynadl

Etymology

From a Proto-Celtic *ninatis by dissimilation. Cognate with Cornish linas, Breton linad, Irish neantóg and Scottish Gaelic deanntag. The relation with Proto-Germanic *natǭ is unclear.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdanadl/, [ˈdanadl̩]
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdanad/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ː)nadl/, [ˈda(ː)nadl̩]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈda(ː)nad/

Noun

danadl f (collective, singulative danhadlen)

1. nettles, Urtica

Derived terms

• blodyn-Mihangel dail danadl (“nettle-leaved Michaelmas-daisy, Aster schreberi”)
• cawod goch danadl (“nettle clustercup rust, Puccinia urticata”)
• clychlys dail danadl (“nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium”)
• clychlys danadl (“nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium”)
• danadl bach (“small nettle, Urtica urens”)
• danadl bach blynyddol (“small nettle, Urtica urens”)
• danadl cyffredin (“common nettle, Urtica dioica”)
• danadl dail (“yellow archangel, Lamiastrum galeobdolon”)
• danadl dall (“white dead-nettle, Lamium album”)
• danadl du (“black horehound, Ballota nigra”)
• danadl gwyn (“white dead-nettle, Lamium album”)
• danadl lleiaf (“small nettle, Urtica urens”)
• danadl marw coch (“red dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum”)
• danadl poethion (“stinging nettle, common nettle, Urtica dioica”)
• danadl y cywarch (“common hemp-nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit”)
• danadl ysgar (“common nettle, Urtica dioica”)
• gwely danadl (“nettlebed”)
• marddanadl (“dead-nettle; horehound”)
• pannog dail danadl (“nettle-leaved mullein, Verbascum chaixii”)
• pannog danadl ddail (“nettle-leaved mullein, Verbascum chaixii”)
• troed-yr-ŵydd dail danadl (“nettle-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium murale”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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