llwyd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬuːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊi̯d/
• Rhymes: -uːɨ̯d

Adjective

llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwydion, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)

1. grey
2. faint, pale
3. mouldy, musty
4. (obsolete) holy, blessed

   Synonyms: bendigedig, sanctaidd

Derived terms

• brawd llwyd (“grey friar, Franciscan”)
• llwyd y gwrych (“hedge sparrow, dunnock”)
• llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
• llwydaidd (“greyish”)
• llwydfelyn (“yellow dun”)
• llwydlas (“blue dun, mouse dun”)
• llwydni (“mould”)
• llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”)
• llwydo (“to turn grey; to go mouldy”)
• neidr lwyd (“grass snake”)

 

Descendants

• → English: Lloyd, Floyd

Mutation

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

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

References

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