llwyd

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬuːɨ̯d/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊi̯d/
Rhymes: -uːɨ̯d

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Adjective edit

llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwydion, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)

grey
faint, pale
mouldy, musty
(obsolete) holy, blessed
Synonyms: bendigedig, sanctaidd

Derived terms edit

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”)

Descendants edit

→ English: Lloyd, Floyd

Mutation edit

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 edit

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
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 edit

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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