llawr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llawr, from Old Welsh laur, from Proto-Brythonic *llọr, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlārom. Cognate with Breton leur, Cornish leur, Irish lár, and English floor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬau̯r/
• Rhymes: -au̯r

Noun

llawr m (plural lloriau)

1. floor, ground

   Dw i wedi deffro ar y llawr.

   I woke up on the floor.

2. earth
3. storey

   Mae'r swyddfa ar y llawr cyntaf.

   The office is on the first floor.

Derived terms

• aml-lawr (“multistorey”)
• deulawr (“two-storey”)
• i lawr (“down”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llawr	lawr	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.