gwlad
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh gwlat, from Old Welsh gulat, from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”); from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wélh₁tis ~ *h₂wl̥h₁téy-, from the root *h₂welh₁-.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwlaːd/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwlaːd/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡlaːd/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːd
Noun edit
gwlad f (plural gwledydd)
Usage notes edit
See "gwlad" in Wade-Evans's Welsh Medieval Law for its use in a pre-modern context.
Derived terms edit
- bardd gwlad (“(uneducated) country poet”)
- canu gwlad (“country music”)
- estynwlad (“panhandle”)
- Gwlad Belg (“Belgium”)
- Gwlad Groeg (“Greece”)
- gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb genedl (“land without a language, land without a nation”)
- Gwlad Pwyl (“Poland”)
- Gwlad Thai (“Thailand”)
- Gwlad y Basg (“Basque Country”)
- Gwlad yr Addewid (“Promised Land”)
- Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
- Gwlad yr Iâ (“Iceland”)
- Gwlad yr Iorddonen (“Jordan”)
- gwladaidd (“rustic”)
- gwladfa (“colony”)
- gwladol (“national”)
- gwladwr (“peasant”)
- gwladychu (“to rule”)
- gwledig (“rural”)
- Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (“Land of My Fathers (Welsh national anthem)”)
- Pencampwriaeth y Chwe Gwlad (“Six Nations Championship”)
- rhyngwladol (“international”)
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwlad | wlad | ngwlad | unchanged |
| 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), “gwlad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies