chwyddo

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From chwydd (swelling) +‎ -o.

Verb[edit]

chwyddo (first-person singular present chwyddaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to swell, to inflate
    Mae ei braich yn chwyddo.
    Her arm is swelling.
    Mae hi'n chwyddo'r balŵn.
    She inflates the balloon.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

chwyddo

  1. Aspirate mutation of cwyddo (to descend).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwyddo gwyddo nghwyddo chwyddo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 132
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwyddo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies