dauwynebog

Welsh

Alternative forms

• deuwynebog

Etymology

From dau (“two”) +‎ wyneb (“face”) +‎ -og.

Adjective

dauwynebog (feminine singular dauwynebog, plural dauwynebog, equative mor ddauwynebog, comparative mwy dauwynebog, superlative mwyaf dauwynebog)

1. two-faced, having two faces, facing two directions
2. (figurative) two-faced, hypocritical, duplicitous

   Synonyms: ffuantus, rhagrithiol, twyllodrus

Derived terms

• cysain ddauwynebog (“consonant(s) at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half of a cynghanedd”)
• dauwynebogrywdd (“two-facedness, duplicity”)
• fioled dauwynebog, gwiolydd ddauwynebog (“wild pansy”)

 

Noun

dauwynebog f

1. two-faced person, hypocrite

   Synonym: rhagrithiwr

2. (botany) pansy, heartsease (Viola tricolor)

   Synonym: trilliw

3. (botany) knapweed (Centaurea spp.)

   Synonym: y bengaled

Mutation

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