glaw

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glawā, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́alám (“rain, water”), compare Sanskrit जल (jalá, “rain, water”). Related to Breton glav (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.u/

Noun

glaw m

1. rain

Mutation

  Mutation of glaw  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
glaw	law	unchanged	klaw	unchanged	unchanged

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glawā, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́alám (“rain, water”), compare Sanskrit जल (jalá, “rain, water”). Related to Breton glav (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡlaːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡlau̯/

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• Rhymes: -au̯

Noun

glaw m (usually uncountable, plural glawiau or glawogydd)

1. rain
   • Nursery rhyme:

     Glaw, glaw, cer ffordd draw, / Tyred eto ddydd a ddaw.

     Rain, rain, go away, / Come again another day.

Derived terms

• bwrw glaw
• côt law (“raincoat”)
• glawio

Mutation

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