newyn

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death, to die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnewɨn/

Noun

newyn m

1. hunger

References

• Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic *nowinyos (compare Old Irish núna (“famine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“death”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛu̯.ɪn/

Noun

newyn m (plural newynau, not mutable)

1. (uncountable) hunger, starvation
2. (countable) famine

Derived terms

• newynog, newynllyd (“hungry”)
• streic newyn (“hunger strike”)

Further reading

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