clawdd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *klādos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂dos.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈklaːu̯ð/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯ð/
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Noun

clawdd m (plural cloddiau or cloddion)

  1. soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
    1. boundary
    2. hedge, fence
  2. ditch, gutter, trench
    1. pit, quarry, mine
    2. moat, fosse

Derived terms

  • arglawdd (“embankment”)
  • Clawdd Offa (“Offa's Dyke”)
  • cloddio (“to dig, to excavate”)
  • cysgu fel clawdd (“to sleep like a log”)
  • gweirglodd (“meadow”)
  • morglawdd (“sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater”)
  • mwynglawdd (“mine”)
  • mynd i’r clawdd (“to fail”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clawdd
radical soft nasal aspirate
clawdd glawdd nghlawdd chlawdd

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