lliw

Welsh

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lliw

coch

oren

melyn

gwyrdd

glas

fioled

du

brown

llwyd

gwyn

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Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯
• Homophone: llyw (South Wales)

Noun

lliw m (plural lliwiau)

1. colour
2. paint, dye, colouring

Derived terms

• amryliw (“multicoloured”)
• arlliw (“shade, hue”)
• cochliw (“ruddy”)
• cuddliw, ffugliw (“camouflage”)
• lliwio (“to colour, to dye”)
• lliwiog (“coloured, dyed”)
• minlliw (“lipstick”)
• rhosliw (“rosy”)
• trilliw (“tricolour”)
• unlliw (“monochrome”)

Related terms

• lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of lliw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lliw	liw	unchanged	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), “lliw”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lliw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies