llwm

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lummo-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to bend; to peel, tear, flake off, damage”), see also Lithuanian lùpti (“to peel”), Latvian lupt (“to peel; eat”), Proto-Slavic *lupiti (“to peel”). Cognate with Old Irish lomm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm

Adjective

llwm (feminine singular llom, plural llymion, equative llymed, comparative llymach, superlative llymaf)

1. barren, bleak, bare

   Synonyms: moel, noeth, agored

   • 1918, Hedd Wyn, Atgo:

     Dim ond lleuad borffor / Ar fin y mynydd llwm; / A sŵn hen afon Prysor / Yn canu yn y Cwm.

     Only a purple moon / On the edge of the bare mountain; / And the sound of the old river Prysor / Singing in the Valley.

2. poor, destitute

   Synonyms: tlawd, anghenus

Derived terms

• llymder (“poverty, destitution”)

Mutation

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