gwenn

See also: Gwenn

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton guinn, from Old Breton uuin, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos. Cognates include Welsh gwyn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɥɛnː/
• Rhymes: -ɛnː
• Hyphenation: gwenn

Adjective

gwenn

1. white

   Antonym: du

Derived terms

nouns

• arzh gwenn m

See also

Colors in Breton · livioù (layout · text)

gwenn	louet	du
ruz	orañjez, melen-ruz; gell	melen
livn	gwer, glas	bent
cyan, turkvaen	glas-mor	glas
glas-ruz	magenta; limestra	roz

Mutation

Mutation of gwenn

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
gwenn	wenn	unchanged	kwenn

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

References

• Martial Menard, editor (2016–present), “gwenn”, in Devri: Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton‎^[1] (in French), Rennes 2 University
• Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “gwenn”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton‎^[2] (in French), page 576