clawdd
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *klādos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂dos.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈklaːu̯ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯ð/
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Noun edit
clawdd m (plural cloddiau or cloddion)
- soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
- ditch, gutter, trench
Derived terms edit
- arglawdd (“embankment”)
- Clawdd Offa (“Offa's Dyke”)
- cloddio (“to dig, to excavate”)
- cysgu fel clawdd (“to sleep like a log”)
- morglawdd (“sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater”)
- mwynglawdd (“mine”)
- mynd i’r clawdd (“to fail”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| clawdd | glawdd | nghlawdd | chlawdd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “clawdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies