gwryw

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *wirowyos, from *wiros (“man”) (whence Welsh gŵr).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊrɨ̞u̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːrɪu̯/, /ˈɡʊrɪu̯/

Noun

gwryw m (plural gwrywod or gwrywiaid or gwrywaid)

1. male

Adjective

gwryw (feminine singular gwryw, plural gwryw, not comparable)

1. male, masculine

   Synonyms: gwrywaidd, gwrywol

Derived terms

• brathlys gwryw, gwlyddyn Mair gwryw (“scarlet pimpernel”)
• carnedd felen wryw, greulys felen wryw (“common ragwort”)
• cath wryw (“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”)
• (historical, offensive) gwrywgydio (“to bugger, to sodomise”)
• 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

• gŵr (“man, husband”)

Mutation

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

• 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