llwyn

Welsh

llwyn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lignum.

Noun

llwyn m (diminutive llwynyn, plural llwynau or llwyni or llwynydd)

1. bush, shrub, brake, thicket
   1. copse, grove, arbor
   2. woods, forest
   3. (especially in love poetry) the traditional rendezvous of lovers, symbol of love or romance
2. any bushy growth
3. (figuratively) family, issue, offspring, descendants; a number of persons, company
4. sacred pole, 'grove'

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French loigne or Middle English loyne.

Noun

1. 1. (anatomy) loins (of human being or animal)
   2. loin (part of animal considered as table joint)
2. 1. the loins as the part of the body about which the clothes were bound, a sword fastened, etc.
   2. the loins as the seat of physical strength and of generative power

Alternative forms

• lwyn

Mutation

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies