gwaed
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh gwaet, from Old Welsh guayt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoɨd, from Proto-Celtic *waitos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates.[1] Cognate with Breton gwad and Cornish goes.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwaːɨ̯d/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwai̯d/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwaːd/
- Rhymes: -aːɨ̯d
Noun edit
gwaed m (usually uncountable, plural gwaedau or gwaedoedd)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwaed | waed | ngwaed | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1949) A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, page 206
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwaed”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies