gwŷdd
See also: gŵydd
Welsh
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨːð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwiːð/
- Rhymes: -ɨːð
Etymology 1
editFrom gwau (“to weave”) + -ydd.
Noun
editgwŷdd m (plural gwyddiau)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *gwɨð, from Proto-Celtic *widus.
Noun
editgwŷdd f (collective, singulative gwydden)
Usage notes
editAlthough the usual word for "trees" is coed, gwŷdd is still very common as a final element in the names of many tree species and other woody plants in the mutated form -wydd.
Derived terms
edit- castanwydd (“chestnut trees”)
- cedrwydd (“cedar trees”)
- cochwydd (“redwoods”)
- conwydd (“conifer trees”)
- ffawydd (“beech trees”)
- ffigyswydd (“fig trees”)
- ffynidwydd (“fir trees”)
- gellygwydd (“pear trees”)
- gwinwydd (“vines”)
- gwyddbwyll (“chess”)
- gwynwydd (“honeysuckle”)
- llarwydd (“larches”)
- llawrwydd (“laurel, bay”)
- mafonwydd (“raspberry bushes, raspberry canes”)
- manwydd (“brushwood”)
- merwydd (“mulberry trees”)
- myrtwydd (“myrtles”)
- oestrwydd (“hornbeams”)
- olewydd (“olive trees”)
- palmwydd (“palm trees”)
- pefrwydd, pyrwydd (“spruces”)
- pinwydd (“pine trees”)
- pisgwydd (“lime trees, lindens”)
- piswydd (“spindle trees”)
- prysgwydd (“shrubs, brush”)
- rhafnwydd (“buckthorn”)
- sycamorwydd (“sycamores”)
- tanwydd (“firewood; fuel”)
- uchelwydd (“mistletoe”)
- yswydd (“privet”)
Etymology 3
editNoun
editgwŷdd m (plural gwyddion)
- (North Wales) plough
- Synonym: aradr
Mutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gwŷdd | wŷdd | ngwŷdd | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwŷdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨːð
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɨːð/1 syllable
- Welsh terms suffixed with -ydd
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh countable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh collective nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- Welsh literary terms
- cy:Trees