gwlydd

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *gwlid-.[1] Cognate with Welsh gwledd (“banquet”).

Adjective

gwlydd (feminine singular gwlydd, plural gwlydd, equative gwlydded, comparative gwlyddach, superlative gwlyddaf)

  1. soft, tender
    Synonyms: meddal, bywynnaidd
  2. tender, mild, gentle
    Synonyms: tyner, tirion, llariaidd, gwâr, hynaws

Antonyms

  • diwlydd (“rough, hard, harsh”)

Noun

gwlydd m (collective, singulative gwlyddyn)

  1. (especially soft) stalks, stems, haulm, kex
    Synonyms: callod, gwellt, gwrysg, calafau, cyrs, cecys
  2. chickweed (Cerastium and Stellaria)
    Synonym: brechlys
  3. weeds
    Synonym: chwyn

Derived terms

  • gwlydd blewog, gwlydd pen y tŷ (“mouse-ear chickweed”)
  • gwlydd cyffredin, gwlydd (y) cywion, gwyldd (y) dom, gwlydd (yr) ieir (“common chickweed”)
  • gwlydd garw, gwlydd y perthi (“goosegrass, sticky willy”)
  • gwlydd gronynnog (“berry catchfly”)
  • gwlydd llysi (“whortleberry bush”)
  • gwlydd Mair (“scarlet pimpernel; burnet saxifrage”)
  • gwlydd melyn Mair (“yellow pimpernel”)
  • gwlydd (py)tatw(s), gwlydd tato (“stalks of potato plants”)
  • gwlydd (y) dŵr, gwlydd (y) ffynhonnau (“water chickweed”)
  • gwlydd (y) geifr (“sea campion, goat's weed”)
  • llynwlydd (“horned pondweed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwlydd
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwlydd wlydd ngwlydd unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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