gwyn
See also: gwŷn and Gwyn
Cornish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡwiːn]
Noun
gwyn m
- Alternative form of gwin
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨ̞n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɪn/
Adjective
gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)
- white
- blessed
Derived terms
- gwynnu (“to whiten”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwyn | wyn | ngwyn | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also
| Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gwyn | llwyd | du | ||
| coch ; rhudd | oren, melyngoch ; brown | melyn ; melynwyn | ||
| gwyrdd leim | gwyrdd | |||
| gwyrddlas ; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas | ||
| fioled ; indigo | majenta ; porffor | pinc | ||