blawd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blau̯d/
• Rhymes: -au̯d

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh blawt, from Proto-Brythonic *blọd, from Proto-Celtic *mlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂tós (“ground”), noun from *melh₂- (“to grind”).

Noun

blawd m (plural blodiau or blodion)

1. flour, meal

   Synonyms: can, fflŵr, paill

Derived terms

• blawd ceirch
• blawd cnau coco
• blawd codi
• blawd corn
• blawd cyflawn
• blawd gwenith
• blawd gwyn
• blawd haidd
• blawd llif
• blawd plaen
• blawd reis
• blawd rhyg
• blodiog (“floury”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *blọd, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Cognate with Irish bláth, Scottish Gaelic blàth and Manx blaa.

Noun

blawd m (collective, singulative blodyn)

1. (obsolete) flowers, blooms, blossoms

   Synonym: blodau

Derived terms

• blodiog (“flowery”)
• blodyn (“flower”)
• blodfresych (“cauliflower”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blawd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies