rhew

See also: Rhew

Welsh

rhew

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos (compare Cornish rew, Breton rev, Irish reo, Old Irish réud), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (compare English freeze).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r̥eːu̯/
• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛu̯/

Noun

rhew m (plural rhewogydd)

1. frost, ice

Derived terms

terms derived from rhew

• rhew du (“black ice”)
• rhewadur (“refrigerator”)
• rhewbriddeg (“cryopedology”)
• rhewbwynt (“freezing point”)
• rhewdyrfiad (“congeliturbation”)
• rhewddrylliog (“ice shattered”)
• rhewedig (“frozen”)
• rheweiddiad (“refrigeration”)
• rheweiddiedig (“refrigerated”)
• rheweiddio (“refrigerate”)
• rhewfriw (“ice shattered”)
• rhewgaeth (“ice bound”)
• rhewgell (“freezer”)
• rhewgist (“deep freeze, chest freezer”)
• rhewgraith (“chattermark”)
• rhewgwymp (“ice fall”)
• rhewlif (“glacier”)
• rhewlifedig (“glaciology”)
• rhewlifeg (“glaciology”)
• rhewlifegydd (“glaciologist”)
• rhewlifiant (“glaciation”)
• rhewlifo (“glaciate”)
• rhewlifol (“glacial”)
• rhewlin (“isoryme, frost line”)
• rhewi (“to freeze”)
• rhewi'n gorn (“to freeze solid”)
• rhew-wastadiant (“cryoplanation”)
• rhewydd (“refrigerant”)
• rhewynt (“very cold wind”)

Mutation

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