llwyr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llwyr, from Proto-Celtic *leiris (“diligent, complete”), probably of non-Indo-European origin. Related to Old Irish léir (“diligent, assiduous”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

llwyr (feminine singular llwyr, plural llwyrion, equative llwyred, comparative llwyrach, superlative llwyraf)

  1. complete, entire, total
    Synonyms: cyflawn, hollol

Derived terms

  • llwyredd (“completeness”)
  • llwyrfryd (“determination, devotion”)
  • llwyrni (“completeness”)
  • llwyrymatal (“to abstain”)
  • llwyrymwrthod (“to abstain totally, to renounce”)
  • trylwyr (“thorough”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llwyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
llwyr lwyr unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lero”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 238
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