gwedd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡweːð/
• Rhymes: -eːð

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gweð, from Proto-Brythonic *gweð, from Proto-Celtic *widā, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Noun

gwedd f (plural gweddau)

1. sight, look, appearance

   Synonyms: edrychiad, golwg, ymddangosiad

2. shape, form

   Synonyms: ffurf, llun, siâp

3. manner, mode

   Synonyms: dull, modd

4. condition

   Synonym: cyflwr

5. (in adjectives) -wise
6. (computing, in compounds) -ware

Derived terms

• agwedd (“attitude”)
• anwedd (“vapour”)
• arwedd (“feature”)
• cadarnwedd (“firmware”)
• caledwedd (“hardware”)
• cerfwedd (“relief”)
• clocwedd (“clockwise”)
• gweddaidd (“becoming, seeply”)
• gweddol (“fairly well, not bad”)
• gweddu (“to befit, to suit”)
• gweddus (“fitting, becoming”)
• llorwedd (“horizontal”)
• llunwedd (“form, figure”)
• maleiswedd (“malware”)
• meddalwedd (“software”)
• nodwedd (“feature, characteristic”)
• pryd a gwedd (“physical appearance”)
• rhinwedd (“virtue”)
• tirwedd (“landscape”)
• trawsnewidiad gwedd (“phase transition”)
• unwedd (“identical, the same”)
• ysbïwedd (“spyware”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“bind, secure”). Cognate with Old Irish fedan (“act of carrying”) and English wed.

Noun

gwedd f (plural gweddoedd)

1. yoke
2. team (of draught animals)

   gwedd o ychen ― a team of oxen

Derived terms

• gweddau (“traces, draught harness”)
• gweddu (“to be yoked”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwedd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwedd	wedd	ngwedd	unchanged

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwedd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies