hwyad

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh hwyat, from Proto-Brythonic *(s)awyetos (compare Cornish hos, Breton houad), from Proto-Celtic *awis (compare dialectal Irish aoi (swan)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (bird) (compare Latin avis).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hwyad f (plural hwyaid, not mutable)

  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

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