gwlad

gwlad

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwlat, from Old Welsh gulat, from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”); from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wélh₁tis ~ *h₂wl̥h₁téy-, from the root *h₂welh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwlaːd/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwlaːd/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡlaːd/

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Noun

gwlad f (plural gwledydd)

1. country, nation, realm, land
2. countryside

Usage notes

See "gwlad" in Wade-Evans's Welsh Medieval Law for its use in a pre-modern context.

Derived terms

• Gwlad Belg (“Belgium”)
• gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb genedl (“land without a language, land without a nation”)
• Gwlad yr Iâ (“Iceland”)
• Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
• gwledig

Related terms

• gwaladr, gwâl

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwlad	wlad	ngwlad	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.