Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus. A Welsh and English dictionary, wherein the Welsh words are often exemplified by select quotations from celebrated ancient authors; and many of them etymologized, and compared with the Oriental and other languages ... adorned with many valuable British antiquities, to elucidate the meaning of obscure words. To which are annexed, a Welsh and English botanology, and a large collection of Welsh proverbs. And to the whole is prefixed, a compendious Welsh grammar, with the rules in English; also, to which are added, The rules of Welsh poetry / By the late Rev. Thomas Richards, Coychurch.
- Thomas Richards of Coychurch
- Date:
- 1839
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus. A Welsh and English dictionary, wherein the Welsh words are often exemplified by select quotations from celebrated ancient authors; and many of them etymologized, and compared with the Oriental and other languages ... adorned with many valuable British antiquities, to elucidate the meaning of obscure words. To which are annexed, a Welsh and English botanology, and a large collection of Welsh proverbs. And to the whole is prefixed, a compendious Welsh grammar, with the rules in English; also, to which are added, The rules of Welsh poetry / By the late Rev. Thomas Richards, Coychurch. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A JBHIEF TO THE WELSH, OR ANCIENT BRITISH LANGUAGE. CHAP 1. OF THE LETTERS. THE CAPITAL LETTERS. A B C Ch D Dd E F Ff G Ng H I L Ll M N O P Ph R S T Th U W Y, THE SMALL LETTERS. a h c ch d dd e f ff g ng h i l ll m n o p ph r s t th u w y. The Alpìiabet consists of tbirteen single, and seven double consonants, and seten Yowels, viz. «, e, i, o, u, lo, y. Of tbe consonants, nine are mutable, viz. b, c, d, g, ll, m, p, r, (wbicb, wben radical, is ever attended witb h) and t. The J consonant orjod, tbe k, q, x, and z, are properly no Welsh letters, nor aré tbey wanted in words purely VTelsh. In writing exotic words, instead oí j we use si; as, siencin, siercin, and sometìmes i, pronounced as y, in 'yet, yes j as, lago, loan, Jarnes, Jobn. We express the sound of k by c, as, Hahaccuc ; q by cw, as, cwestiwn; of a: by cs, as, soniwn am danat Polycsena, ail, ^c, Ecstro herth ac ystryw hàr. W. Llyn. Instead of z, we sometimes use s, as, Sadoc mah Immer, Zadocthe sonof Immer. Nebem.3. 29. Or retain tbe 5,As, Ezra, Ezecie]. Of tbe seven vowels fourare rautable ; a,e,o, w,^^,paladr,pelydr; castell,\cestyll, ffordd, ffyrdd, hwch, hychod. Tbe dipbthongs, or union of two vowels, are twenty-two, and the triphthongs seyenteen. diphthongs. ENAMPLES, DIPHTHONGS. ENAMPLES. ae. aetb. iw, lliw. ai. rhai. iy» iyrcbod. au. aur. oe. oedd. aw. llaw. oi. troi. ei, deigr. ow. ífowch. eu, lleuad. uw, Duw. ew, llew. wa. gwan. ia, iar. vve. gwên. ie. iertbi. wi, gwin. io, lor. wo. gwobr. iu, luddew. wy, gwynii.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29337392_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


