gogledd
Welsh
Etymology
First attested in the twelfth century; formed as go- (“under”) + cledd (“left hand”, “left side”), the north being on the left-hand side when facing east (similarly, compare de (“right”, “south”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɡlɛð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɡlað/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɡlɛð/
- Rhymes: -ɔɡlɛð
Noun
gogledd m (uncountable)
- north (abbreviation: G)
- (as y Gogledd, when in Wales) North Wales
- (historical) a territory comprising northern England and southern Scotland
- (by extension, collectively) the inhabitants of that region
- (elliptically) north wind
Synonyms
- (North Wales): y Gogleddbarth
- (inhabitants of a territory comprising northern England and southern Scotland): Gogleddwyr
- (north wind): gogleddwynt, gwynt y gogledd
Antonyms
- de
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Gog
- gogleddbarth
- gogleddbol
- gogleddbwynt
- gogledd-dir
- gogledd-ddwyrain
- gogledd-ddwyreiniol
- gogledd-ddwyreinwynt
- gogleddeg
- gogleddfardd
- gogleddfor
- gogleddgylch
- gogleddiaith
- gogleddig
- gogleddlu
- gogledd magnetig
- gogleddog
- gogleddol
- Goleuni Gogleddol
- gogledd-orllewin
- gogledd-orllewinol
- Gogleddreg
- gogleddus
- gogleddwawl
- gogleddwawr
- Gogleddwr
- Gogleddwraig
- gogleddwynt
- Golau’r Gogledd
- gwynt y gogledd
- gwŷr y Gogledd
- Môr y Gogledd
- pegwn y Gogledd
- seren y Gogledd
Adjective
gogledd (feminine singular gogledd, plural gogledd, equative gogledded, comparative gogleddach, superlative gogleddaf)
- northern, northerly
Synonyms
- (northern, northerly): gogleddog, gogleddol, gogleddus
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gogledd | ogledd | ngogledd | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also
- (compass points)
| gogledd | ||
| gorllewin |  | dwyrain |
| de |