cawod
Welsh
Alternative forms
- cafod, cawad
Etymology
From Middle Welsh cawat, from Proto-Celtic *kowotos (compare Cornish kowas, Breton kaouad),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“cold, rainy; north”);[2] compare Latin caurus (“northwestern wind”), Lithuanian šiáurė (“north”), Russian се́вер (séver, “north”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.ɔd/
- Rhymes: -au̯ɔd
Noun
cawod f (plural cawodau or cawodydd)
- (meteorology) shower (short rainfall)
- (by extension) shower (bathing device, or an instance of using this device)
- Dw i'n mynd i gael cawod.
- I'm going to take a shower.
- (obsolete) swarm
- Synonym: haid
- (phytopathology) blight, mildew
- (dermatology, North Wales) rash (likened to splashes of a rainshower on skin)
- (medicine) fit or attack of sickness or pain
- Synonyms: pwl, plwc
Derived terms
- cawodi (“to shower”)
- cawod babi (“baby shower”)
- y gawod goch (“rust, fungal disease of plants”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| cawod | gawod | nghawod | chawod |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Philomen Probert, Andreas Willi (2012) “10.6. MW cawad and the South-West British treatment of *-aua-”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, page 155