cawod
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Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
- (dermatology, North Wales) rash (likened to splashes of a rainshower on skin)
- (medicine) fit or attack of sickness or pain
Derived terms
[edit]- cawodi (“to shower”)
- cawod babi (“baby shower”)
- y gawod goch (“rust, fungal disease of plants”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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