lliw
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɬɪu̯/
- Rhymes: -ɪu̯
- Homophone: llyw (South Wales)
Noun
lliw m (plural lliwiau)
- colour
- paint, dye, colouring
Derived terms
- cuddliw (“camouflage”)
- ffugliw (“camouflage”)
- lliwio (“to colour, to dye”)
- lliwiog (“coloured, dyed”)
- minlliw (“lipstick”)
- trilliw (“tricoulour”)
Related terms
- lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| lliw | liw | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 ix 1