gwŷdd

See also: gŵydd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwiːð/

Etymology 1

From gwau (“to weave”) +‎ -ydd.

Noun

gwŷdd m (plural gwyddiau)

1. loom

   Synonym: ffrâm wau

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *gwɨð, from Proto-Celtic *widus.

Noun

gwŷdd f pl (singulative gwydden)

1. (literary) trees

   Synonyms: coed, colfenni, prennau

Usage notes

Although the usual word for "trees" is coed, gwŷdd is still very common as a final element in the names of many tree species and other woody plants in the mutated form -wydd.

Derived terms

• castanwydd (“chestnut trees”)
• cedrwydd (“cedar trees”)
• conwydd (“conifer trees”)
• ffawydd (“beech trees”)
• ffynidwydd (“fir trees”)
• gellygwydd (“pear trees”)
• gwinwydd (“vines”)
• gwynwydd (“honeysuckle”)
• gwyddbwyll (“chess”)
• llarwydd (“larches”)
• mafonwydd (“raspberry bushes, raspberry canes”)
• manwydd (“brushwood”)
• merwydd (“mulberry trees”)
• myrtwydd (“myrtles”)
• oestrwydd (“hornbeams”)
• olewydd (“olive trees”)
• palmwydd (“palm trees”)
• pinwydd (“pine trees”)
• pisgwydd (“lime trees, lindens”)
• piswydd (“spindle trees”)
• prysgwydd (“shrubs, brush”)
• pyrwydd (“spruces”)
• rhafnwydd (“buckthorns”)
• sycamorwydd (“sycamores”)
• tanwydd (“firewood; fuel”)
• uchelwydd (“mistletoe”)
• yswydd (“privet”)

Etymology 3

Noun

gwŷdd m (plural gwyddion)

1. (North Wales) plough

   Synonym: aradr

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwŷdd	wŷdd	ngwŷdd	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), “gwŷdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies