llwydrew

Welsh

Alternative forms

• llwytra, llwytro

Etymology

llwyd (“grey, greyish blue, pale”) +‎ rhew (“frost”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬʊɨ̯drɛu̯/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬʊi̯drɛu̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɪdrɛu̯/

Noun

llwydrew m (plural llwydrewiau)

1. (South Wales) hoar frost, rime

   Synonyms: arien, barrug, glasrew

Derived terms

• llwydrewi (“to cast a hoar frost, to be frosty”)
• llwydrewllyd (“covered with hoar frost, rimy”)
• llwydrewog (“covered with hoar frost, rimy”)
• pant llwydrew (“frost hollow”)
• poced llwydrew (“frost hollow”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwydrew	lwydrew	unchanged	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), “llwydrew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies