dŵr

See also: DWR, dwr, and -dwr

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (literary) dwfr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh dwfyr, from Proto-Brythonic *duβr, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós (“deep”). Compare Breton dour, Cornish dowr, Irish dobhar, Gaulish uerno-dubrum (name of a river).

Noun

dŵr m (plural dyfroedd)

1. water

   Mae dŵr yn hanfodol i fywyd pob anifail.

   Water is essential to the life of every animal.

Derived terms

• berwr y dŵr (“watercress”)
• dŵr berw (“boiling water”)
• dŵr caled (“hard water”)
• dŵr croyw (“fresh water”)
• dŵr daear (“ground water”)
• dŵr eira (“snowmelt, snow water”)
• dŵr ffo (“run-off”)
• dŵr glaw (“rainwater”)
• dŵr haidd (“barley water”)
• dŵr hallt (“salt water”)
• dŵr lled hallt (“brackish water”)
• dŵr llonydd (“still water”)
• dŵr meddal (“soft water”)
• dŵr mwynol (“mineral water”)
• dŵr pefriog (“sparkling water”)
• dŵr poeth (“hot water; heartburn”)
• dŵr soda (“soda water”)
• dŵr swyn (“holy water”)
• dŵr tawdd (“melt water”)
• dŵr wyneb (“surface water”)
• dŵr y môr (“sea water”)
• dŵr yfed (“drinking water, potable water”)
• dwrgi (“otter”)
• glastwr (“milk diluted with water”)
• gwneud dŵr, taflu dŵr (“to urinate”)
• i'r pant y rhed y dŵr (“The rich tend to get richer”)
• mae gwaed yn dewach na dŵr (“Blood is thicker than water”)
• rhiain y dŵr (“water strider”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dŵr	ddŵr	nŵr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dŵr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Etymology 2

Noun

dŵr

1. Soft mutation of tŵr (“tower”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tŵr	dŵr	nhŵr	thŵr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tŵr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies