gwellt

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwellt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwellt, from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltā.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡweːɬd/, [ɡweːɬt]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɛɬd/, [ɡwɛɬt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɬd

Noun

gwellt m (collective, singulative gwelltyn)

  1. grass
    Synonym: glaswellt
  2. straw

Derived terms

  • arwyddwellt (“signalgrass”)
  • barfwellt (“beardgrass”)
  • breichwellt (“tor-grass”)
  • brigwellt, cribwellt (“hairgrass”)
  • byswellt (“fingergrass, cocksfoot”)
  • caledwellt (“hardgrass”)
  • ceirchwellt (“oatgrass”)
  • cibogwellt (“cockspur, bristlegrass”)
  • clymwellt (“limegrass”)
  • cordwellt (“cordgrass”)
  • corswellt (“reedgrass”)
  • crydwellt (“quaking grass”)
  • cwpanwellt (“ cupgrass”)
  • cynffonwellt (“foxtail”)
  • eiddilwellt (“sandgrass”)
  • ffaldwellt (“yardgrass”)
  • glaswellt (“grass”)
  • gwellt y bwla (“Molinia”)
  • gwellt y gamlas (“grasswrack”)
  • gwellt y morfa (“salt marsh grass”)
  • gwellta (“to gather straw”)
  • gwenithwellt (“ferngrass”)
  • gweunwellt (“meadowgrass”)
  • gwrychwellt (“sandbur”)
  • hadwellt (“dropseed”)
  • heiddwellt (“wood barley”)
  • llwydwellt (“moorgrass”)
  • maeswellt (“bent”)
  • marchwellt (“couchgrass”)
  • maswellt (“softgrass”)
  • meligwellt (“melick”)
  • melyswellt (“sweetgrass”)
  • miledwellt (“milletgrass, wood millet”)
  • neddwellt (“nitgrass”)
  • pawrwellt (“brome”)
  • pefrwellt (“canary grass”)
  • peis(g)wellt (“fescue”)
  • peithwellt (“pampas grass”)
  • perwellt (“vernal grass”)
  • plufwellt (“needle-grass”)
  • rhonwellt (“timothy, cat's-tail”)
  • rhygwellt (“ryegrass”)
  • serchwellt (“lovegrass”)
  • sidanwellt (“silky bent”)
  • to gwellt (“ thatched roof”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwellt
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwellt wellt ngwellt unchanged

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), “gwellt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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