erchwyn

== Welsh == === Etymology === Proto-Celtic *ariskʷend- from *ari- +‎ *skʷend- (“to go down”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛrχwɨ̞n/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛrχwɪn/ === Noun === erchwyn m or f (plural erchwynion or erchwynnau) bedside edge, side, border ==== Usage notes ==== This noun is masculine in North Wales and feminine in the South. It tends only to be used now in the phrases wrth erchwyn y gwely (“at the beside”) and wrth erchwyn gwely (“at a bedside, at the bedside of”). ==== Derived terms ==== wrth erchwyn gwely (“at the side of a bed, at the bedside of”) wrth erchwyn y gwely (“at the side of the bed”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “erchwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies