gwenith

Welsh

gwenith yn tyfu yn y Ffindir

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛnɪθ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡweːnɪθ/, /ˈɡwɛnɪθ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gwenith, from Proto-Brythonic *gwöniθ (compare Cornish gwaneth, Breton gwinizh) from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-nixtos, from Proto-Indo-European *neyk- (“to winnow”) (compare nithio (“to winnow”)). Suggestions that this word is a compound of gwyn (“white”) +‎ ith (“grain”) fail to account for the lack of -nn- as would be expected before a vowel (compare gwynnu (“to whiten”).

Noun

gwenith m (uncountable)

1. wheat

Noun

gwenith m (collective, singulative gwenithyn)

1. grains of wheat
2. wheat plants

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) ŷd; ceirch, gwenith, haidd, indrawn/india-corn, miled, reis, rhyg, rhygwenith, sbelt, sorgwm

Derived terms

• gwenith yr hydd (“buckwheat”)
• gwenithfaen (“granite”)
• rhygwenith (“triticale”)

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gwenith

1. third-person singular future colloquial of gwenu

Mutation

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