tlawd

Welsh

Alternative forms

• tylawd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tlawt, from Proto-Brythonic *tlọd, from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Middle Irish tláith (“weak”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlau̯d/
• Rhymes: -au̯d

Adjective

tlawd (feminine singular tlawd, plural tlodion, equative tloted, comparative tlotach, superlative tlotaf)

1. poor, needy, destitute

   Synonyms: llwm, truan, anghenus

Derived terms

• tlodaidd (“inferior, shabby”)
• tlodi (“poverty; to impoverish”)
• tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
• tlotyn (“pauper”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tlawd	dlawd	nhlawd	thlawd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.