teyrn

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh teyrn, from Old Welsh *tigern, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos; compare Old Irish tigerna. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /teɨ̯rn/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /tei̯rn/ Rhymes: -eɨ̯rn === Noun === teyrn m (plural teyrnedd or teyrniaid or teyrnion) sovereign, monarch (chess) king a tyrant bird in the family Tyrannidae ==== Synonyms ==== rhi pennaeth tywysog brenin ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Pughe, William. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English, Vol. 2.