llwyd
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *luɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬuːɨ̯d/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬʊi̯d/
Adjective
llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwyd, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)
- gray
Derived terms
- llwydaidd (“greyish, palish”)
- llwydi, llwydni (“greyness; mould, mildew”)
- llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”)
- llwydo (“to turn grey; to become mouldy”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llwyd | lwyd | unchanged | 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 | ||