gloyw

See also: Gloyw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gluɨw, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-. Cognate with Breton gloev, Cornish gluw, Old Irish glé.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔɨ̯.u/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔi̯.u/

Adjective

gloyw (feminine singular gloyw, plural gloywon, equative gloywed, comparative gloywach, superlative gloywaf)

1. bright, brilliant

   Synonym: disglair

Antonyms

• afloyw (“dull, matte, opaque”)

Derived terms

• Caerloyw (“Gloucester”)
• gloywder (“brightness”)
• gloywedd (“shine, lustre”)
• gloywi (“to brighten, to burnish; to clarify”)
• adloywi (“to make bright again, to reburnish”)
• tryloyw (“transparent”)

Mutation

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

References

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