dryw

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɪu̯/, /drɨu̯/
• IPA^(key): /drɪu̯/

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish dreän.

Noun

dryw m or f (plural drywod)

1. wren, jenny wren

Mutation

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

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun

dryw m (plural drywon)

1. druid, seer

Mutation

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

Etymology 3

Noun

dryw m

1. Soft mutation of tryw.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tryw	dryw	nhryw	thryw
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), “dryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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