cawod

Welsh[edit]

From Middle Welsh cawat, from Proto-Celtic *kowotos (compare Cornish kowas, Breton kaouad),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“cold, rainy; north”);^[2] compare Latin caurus (“northwestern wind”), Lithuanian šiáurė (“north”), Russian се́вер (séver, “north”).

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cawod f (plural cawodau or cawodydd)

(meteorology) shower (short rainfall)
(by extension) shower (bathing device, or an instance of using this device)
Dw i'n mynd i gael cawod.
I'm going to take a shower.
(obsolete) swarm
Synonym: haid
(phytopathology) blight, mildew
Synonyms: malltod, llwydni
(dermatology, North Wales) rash (likened to splashes of a rainshower on skin)
Synonyms: brech, tarddiant
(medicine) fit or attack of sickness or pain
Synonyms: pwl, plwc

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cawod	gawod	nghawod	chawod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Philomen Probert, Andreas Willi (2012) “10.6. MW cawad and the South-West British treatment of *-aua-”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, page 155