cwlwm

Welsh

Alternative forms

• clwm, cwlm

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish kolm, Breton koulm, skoulm.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊlʊm/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlʊm/, /ˈkʊlʊm/
• Rhymes: -uːlʊm

Noun

cwlwm m (plural clymau or cylymau)

1. knot
2. (figuratively, between people) bond, tie
3. node, knot (in wood)
4. (astronomy, obsolete) node

   Synonym: nod

Derived terms

• clymu (“to tie, to knot”)
• cwlwm caredig (“true lover's knot”)
• (both moth and plant) cwlwm cariad (“true lover's knot”)
• cwlwm dolen (“slip knot”)
• cwlwm gwlwm, cwlwm penglwn (“double knot”)
• cwlwm gwynt (“flatulence”)
• cwlwm gwythi (“cramp, spasm”)
• cwlwm mamgu (“granny knot”)
• cwlwm perfedd (“constricted bowel, appendicitis”)
• cwlwm priodas (“bond of matrimony”)
• cwlwm rhedeg, cwlwm rhedegog (“running knot, slipknot”)
• cwlwm tair (“group of three small objects”)
• cwlwm y coed, cwlwm y gwŷdd (“black bryony”)
• cwlwm y cythraul (“field bindweed”)
• cwlwm yr asgwrn (“dog's mercury”)
• ynghlwm (“attached”)

Adjective

cwlwm (feminine singular cwlwm, plural cwlwm, equative mor gwlwm, comparative mwy cwlwm, superlative mwyaf cwlwm)

1. tied, bound, tight

   Synonyms: clymedig, tynn

Mutation

Mutated forms of cwlwm

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwlwm	gwlwm	nghwlwm	chwlwm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clwm”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cwlwm”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin