paladr

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *kʷalatros (compare Old Irish celtair (“spear, spear tip”)). === Noun === paladr m (plural pelydr) shaft (of spear, bone, column, chimney) (literary) stem (of plant, flower, fruit, etc.) Synonyms: coes, coesyn, coesen (architecture) trunk Synonym: boncyff (history, religion) upright of cross beam, ray ==== Derived terms ==== === Compounds === ceiniog baladr f (“a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas”, literally “spear penny”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “paladr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies