gwynt

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwynt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnt, from Proto-Celtic *wintos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨ̞nt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɪnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɨ̞nt

Noun

gwynt m (plural gwyntoedd)

1. wind
2. breath

   Synonym: anadl

3. (South Wales) smell

   Synonyms: (North Wales) oglau, (literary) aroglau

Derived terms

• a'ch gwynt yn eich dwrn (“out of breath”)
• allan o wynt (“out of breath”)
• arwynt (“smell, scent”)
• atalfa wynt (“windbreak”)
• ataliwr gwynt (“windbreak”)
• blodyn y gwynt (“wood anemone Anemone nemorosa”)
• Bwa'r Gwynt (“The Milky Way”)
• byr eich gwynt (“short of breath”)
• ceiliog gwynt (“weather cock, weather vane”)
• cist wynt (“wind chest”)
• clefyd y gwynt (“hypochondria”)
• clwyf y gwynt (“hypochondria”)
• corwynt, hyrddwynt (“hurricane”)
• dal eich gwynt (“hold one's breath”)
• dan eich gwynt (“under one's breath”)
• difrod gwynt (“wind damage”)
• drifl y gwynt (“gossamer”)
• egni gwynt (“wind energy”)
• eirwynt m (“snow-bearing wind”)
• gwynt coch Amwythig (“east wind”)
• gwynt croes (“crosswind, foul wind”)
• gwynt cyson (“trade wind”)
• gwynt Senghennydd (“east wind”)
• gwynt teg (“fair wind”)
• gwynt teg ar ei ôl (“good riddance”)
• gwynt traed y meirw m (“the east wind”)
• gwynt y de (“south wind”)
• gwynt y dwyrain (“east wind”)
• gwynt y gogledd (“north wind”)
• gwynt y gorllewin (“west wind”)
• gwynt yr Haul (“solar wind”)
• gwyntio (“to blow”)
• gwynto (“to smell”)
• gwyntog (“windy”)
• gyrwynt, trowynt (“tornado, whirlwind”)
• Heol y Gwynt (“Milky Way”)
• lluwchwynt m (“blizzard”)
• Llwybr y Gwynt (“Milky Way”)
• melin wynt (“windmill”)
• peiriant gwynt (“wind machine”)
• prifwynt m (“prevailing wind”)
• pŵer y gwynt (“wind power”)
• rhewynt (“very cold wind”)
• sgrin wynt (“windscreen”)
• synhwyro cyfeiriad y gwynt (“to see the way the wind is blowing”)
• torri gwynt (“to break wind”)
• yng nghysgod y gwynt (“leeward”)
• yng ngwynt (“close to, in the company of”)
• yn y gwynt (“in the wind, astir, afoot”)
• ynni gwynt (“wind energy”)

Related terms

• gwyntyll m (“winnowing fan”)

See also

• awel (“breeze”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwynt

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwynt	wynt	ngwynt	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “wind”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “smell”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwynt”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwynt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies