gwylan

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwylan, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *wēlannā (compare Cornish goolan, Breton gouelan, Irish faoileán).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊɨ̯lan/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊi̯lan/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯lan

Noun

gwylan f (plural gwylanod)

1. gull (seabird)
   • Saying:

     Gwylan i'r tir / Glaw cyn bo hir

     A seagull [heads] to land / Rain before long.

   • Saying:

     Yr wylan fach adnebydd / Pan fo'n gyfnewid tywydd / Hi hed yn deg ar adain wen / O'r môr i ben y mynydd.

     The little gull knows / When the weather is changing / She fairly flies on white wing / From sea to mountain top.

Derived terms

• gwylan Audouin (“Audouin's gull”)
• gwylan benddu (“black-headed gull”)
• gwylan benwen (“black-legged kittiwake”)
• gwylan dribys (“black-legged kittiwake”)
• gwylan droed-ddu (“great skua”)
• gwylan ddu a gwyn (“great black-backed gull”)
• gwylan fawr (“gannet, booby”)
• gwylan fechan (“little gull”)
• gwylan fodrwybig (“ring-billed gull”)
• gwylan fôr (“seagull”)
• gwylan frech (“great skua”)
• gwylan gefnddu fwyaf (“great black-backed gull”)
• gwylan gefnddu leiaf (“lesser black-backed gull”)
• gwylan Gernyw (“black-legged kittiwake”)
• gwylan goesddu (“black-legged kittiwake”)
• gwylan goesfelen (“yellow-legged gull”)
• gwylan Gwlad yr Iâ (“Iceland gull”)
• gwylan gyffredin (“common gull”)
• gwylan gynfonnir (“Arctic skua”)
• gwylan lwyd (“common gull”)
• gwylan Manaw (“manx shearwater”)
• gwylan Môr y Canoldir (“Mediterranean gull”)
• gwylan Sabin (“Sabine's gull”)
• gwylan wen (“common gull”)
• gwylan y Gogledd (“glaucous gull”)
• gwylan y graig (“petrel, shearwater”)
• gwylan y gweunydd (“common gull”)
• gwylan y penwaig (“herring gull”)
• gwylan y rhaeadrau (“great skua”)
• gwylan y weilgi (“storm petrel”)
• gwylan ylfinfain (“slender-billed gull”)
• gwylan yr Arctig (“Iceland gull”)
• gwylan ysgadan (“herring gull”)
• gwylan ysgafn (“great skua”)
• gwylanwydd (“gannet”)
• môr-wylan (“seagull”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwylan	wylan	ngwylan	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.