gloyw
See also: Gloyw
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gluɨw, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-. Cognate with Old Breton gloeu, Old Irish glé.
Adjective
gloyw (feminine singular gloyw, plural gloywon, equative gloywed, comparative gloywach, superlative gloywaf)
- bright, brilliant
Derived terms
- afloyw (“dull, matte, opaque”)
- Caerloyw (“Gloucester”)
- gloywder (“brightness”)
- gloywedd (“shine, lustre”)
- gloywi (“to brighten, to burnish; to clarify”)
- tryloyw (“transparent”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gloyw | loyw | ngloyw | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |