gwyn

See also: gwŷn and Gwyn

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡwiːn]

Noun

gwyn m

1. Alternative form of gwin

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gwỳn, gwynn (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwynn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞n

Adjective

gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)

1. white
2. blessed

Derived terms

• bore gwyn (“early morning”)
• du a gwyn (“black and white; piebald”)
• gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
• gwynder (“whiteness”)
• gwyniad (“(a species of fish native to Bala Lake in Wales)”)
• gwynnu (“to whiten”)
• tyngu'r du yn wyn (“to swear black is white”)

Mutation

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

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn