rhew
See also: Rhew
Welsh
rhew
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos (compare Cornish rew, Breton rev, Irish reo, Old Irish réud), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (compare English freeze).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /r̥eːu̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /r̥ɛu̯/
Noun
rhew m (plural rhewogydd)
- frost
- (North Wales) ice
- Synonym: iâ
Derived terms
terms derived from rhew
- rhew du (“black ice”)
- rhewadur (“refrigerator”)
- rhewbriddeg (“cryopedology”)
- rhewbwynt (“freezing point”)
- rhewdyrfiad (“congeliturbation”)
- rhewddrylliog (“ice shattered”)
- rhewedig (“frozen”)
- rheweiddiad (“refrigeration”)
- rheweiddiedig (“refrigerated”)
- rheweiddio (“refrigerate”)
- rhewfriw (“ice shattered”)
- rhewgaeth (“ice bound”)
- rhewgell (“freezer”)
- rhewgist (“deep freeze, chest freezer”)
- rhewgraith (“chattermark”)
- rhewgwymp (“ice fall”)
- rhewlif (“glacier”)
- rhewlifedig (“glaciology”)
- rhewlifeg (“glaciology”)
- rhewlifegydd (“glaciologist”)
- rhewlifiant (“glaciation”)
- rhewlifo (“glaciate”)
- rhewlifol (“glacial”)
- rhewlin (“isoryme, frost line”)
- rhewi (“to freeze”)
- rhewi'n gorn (“to freeze solid”)
- rhew-wastadiant (“cryoplanation”)
- rhewydd (“refrigerant”)
- rhewynt (“very cold wind”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| rhew | rew | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies