glaw

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish glau, from Proto-Brythonic *glaw. Cognate with Breton glav and Welsh glaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaʊ/

Noun

glaw m

1. rain

Derived terms

• glawas (“rainfall”)
• glawek (“rainy”)
• glawen (“raindrop”)
• gul glaw (“rain”, verb)
• kodh glaw (“rainfall”)
• koswik law (“rainforest”)
• kota glaw (“raincoat”)

Mutation

Mutation of glaw

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
glaw	law	unchanged	klaw	unchanged

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

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glaw. 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, glawio (“to rain”)
• bwa'r glaw (“rainbow”)
• côt law (“raincoat”)
• glawog (“rainy”)
• gwlithlaw (“drizzle”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glaw	law	nglaw	unchanged

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