gwely

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• guely

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwelɨ/

Etymology 1

From Old Welsh gueli, from Proto-Brythonic *gwölɨɣ, ultimately a combination of Proto-Indo-European *upo + *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”).

Noun

gwely m

1. bed

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:gwely.

Descendants

• Welsh: gwely

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gwely

1. second-person singular present indicative of gwelet

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwely

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwely	wely	gwely pronounced with /ŋ-/	unchanged

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

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwely, from Old Welsh gueli, from Proto-Brythonic *gwölɨɣ, ultimately a combination of Proto-Indo-European *upo + *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”), but the intermediate pathway is disputed.

• GPC goes with Proto-Celtic *uɸo-legyom.
• Schrijver thinks this word is a paradigmatic split-off from the oblique stem of *uɸolexs, with gwâl (“lair”) coming from the nominative singular.

Cognate with Breton gwele, Cornish gweli.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡweːli/, /ˈɡwɛli/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɨ

Noun

gwely m (plural gwelyau or gwelâu)

1. bed

Derived terms

• cludwely (“litter”)
• gwely angau (“deathbed”)
• gwely bychan (“cot”)
• gwely plentyn (“crib”)
• mae mwy nag un ffordd i gael Wil i'w wely (“there's more than one way of getting something done”)
• ystafell wely (“bedroom”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwely

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwely	wely	ngwely	unchanged

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