llwyd
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɬuːɨ̯d/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɬʊi̯d/
- Rhymes: -uːɨ̯d
Adjective
llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwydion, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)
Derived terms
- brawd llwyd (“grey friar, Franciscan”)
- llwyd y gwrych (“hedge sparrow, dunnock”)
- llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
- llwydaidd (“greyish”)
- llwydfelyn (“yellow dun”)
- llwydlas (“blue dun, mouse dun”)
- llwydni (“mould”)
- llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”)
- llwydo (“to turn grey; to go mouldy”)
- neidr lwyd (“grass snake”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llwyd | lwyd | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also
| gwyn | llwyd | du |
| coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
| melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
| gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
| fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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