gwryw
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proto-Celtic *wirowyos, from *wiros (“man”) (whence Welsh gŵr).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊrɨ̞u̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡuːrɪu̯/, /ˈɡʊrɪu̯/
Noun[edit]
gwryw m (plural gwrywod or gwrywiaid or gwrywaid)
Adjective[edit]
gwryw (feminine singular gwryw, plural gwryw, not comparable)
Derived terms[edit]
- brathlys gwryw, gwlyddyn Mair gwryw (“scarlet pimpernel”)
- carnedd felen wryw, greulys felen wryw (“common ragwort”)
- cath wyryw (“tom-cat”)
- clust llygoden pedwar-gwryw, cornwlyddyn pedwar-gwryw (“sea mouse-ear”)
- (obsolete) cywarch gwryw (“carl-hemp”)
- gwryw-banw, gwryw-benyw (“effeminate man, nancy”)
- gwrywaidd, gwrywol (“male, masculine”)
- helyg teir-gwryw, helyg tri-gwryw (“almond willows”)
- lafant gwryw (“spike-lavender”)
- llwylys gwryw, ysgyrfi gwryw (“sea-purslane”)
- marchredyn gwryw, rhedyn gwryw (“male ferns”)
- pannog gwyn gwryw (“white mullein”)
- tewbannog wen wryw (“rose campion; gillyflower; wallflower”)
Related terms[edit]
- gŵr (“man, husband”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwryw | wryw | ngwryw | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies