crwydr

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kruɨdr, from Proto-Celtic *krētros (sieve).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-N" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /krʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊɨ̯dr̩]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /krʊi̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊi̯dr̩]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "colloquial" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkrʊi̯dɪr/

Noun

crwydr m (plural crwydrau)

  1. a wandering, roving, roaming
  2. a sieve, winnowing-fan

Derived terms

  • crwydrad (wandering, errant, vagrant, straying)
  • crwydredig (wandering, vagrant, roving; stray; tramped by vagabonds)
  • crwydro (to wander, roam, stroll, gad about; to spend to no purpose; to stray, go astray, err, deviate; to digress)
  • crwydrol (wandering, vagrant, roving, nomadic, migratory; erring)
  • crwydrus (wandering, vagrant, vagabond, roaming; erring, loose, profligate; poor, needy)
  • crwydrwr m (wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, rover, nomad; one who has erred or gone astray)
  • crwydryn m, crwydren f (wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, tramp, straggler)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crwydr grwydr nghrwydr chrwydr
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), “crwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies