ysgawn

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈəsɡau̯n/, [ˈəskau̯n] === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh ysgavyn, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *skamos. ==== Adjective ==== ysgawn (feminine singular ysgawn, plural ysgawn, equative mor ysgawn, comparative mwy ysgawn, superlative mwyaf ysgawn) alternative form of ysgafn (“light”) ===== Derived terms ===== penysgawn (“lightheaded”) === Etymology 2 === Possibly related to Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambha), Latin scamnum (“ridge of earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to hold up”). ==== Noun ==== ysgawn m (uncountable) alternative form of ysgafn (“haystack”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgawn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies