testun

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh testun, from Proto-Brythonic *testʉn, contracted from Latin testimōnium (“testimony, evidence”). It is unclear whether the contraction took place in Proto-Brythonic (thus via a form *testɨβ̃ʉn) or in Vulgar Latin (thus via a form *testōnium).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsdɨ̞n/, [ˈtɛstɨ̞n]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛstɪn/, [ˈtɛsdɪn]
• Rhymes: -ɛsdɨ̞n

Noun

testun m (plural testunau)

1. text
2. subject, matter

Derived terms

• cyd-destun (“context”)
• is-destun (“subtext”)
• testunol (“textual”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
testun	destun	nhestun	thestun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.