gloyw

See also: Gloyw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gluɨw, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-. Cognate with Old Breton gloeu, Old Irish glé.

Adjective

gloyw (feminine singular gloyw, plural gloywon, equative gloywed, comparative gloywach, superlative gloywaf)

1. bright, brilliant

Derived terms

• afloyw (“dull, matte, opaque”)
• Caerloyw (“Gloucester”)
• gloywder (“brightness”)
• gloywedd (“shine, lustre”)
• gloywi (“to brighten, to burnish; to clarify”)
• tryloyw (“transparent”)

Mutation

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