dwyreiniol

Welsh

Etymology

From dwyrain (east) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dwyreiniol (feminine singular dwyreiniol, plural dwyreiniol, equative mor ddwyreiniol, comparative mwy dwyreiniol, superlative mwyaf dwyreiniol)

  1. eastern

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • berwr dwyreiniol (eastern rocket)
  • blodyn-y-cleddyf dwyreiniol (eastern gladiolus)
  • cog ddwyreiniol (oriental cuckoo)
  • colomen-graig ddwyreiniol (eastern rock pigeon)
  • crëyr traethau dwyreiniol (reef heron)
  • cwtiad-wennol dwyreiniol (eastern collared pratincole)
  • delor cnau'r graig dwyreiniol (eastern rock nuthatch)
  • ehedydd dwyreiniol (oriental skylark)
  • gwennol glennydd ddwyreiniol (eastern sand martin)
  • Gweriniaeth Ddwyreiniol Wrwgwái (Oriental Republic of Uruguay)
  • gwylan ddwyreiniol y gweunydd (eastern mew gull)
  • llwyn-ehedydd dwyreiniol (eastern singing bush lark)
  • llysiau'r llewpart dwyreiniol (eastern leopard's-bane)
  • paladr-y-wal dwyreiniol (eastern pellitory-of-the-wall)
  • pig-y-crëyr ddwyreiniol (eastern stork's-bill)
  • telor cyrs dwyreiniol (oriental reed warbler)
  • tylluan sgops ddwyreiniol (oriental scops owl)
  • tylluan sgrech ddwyreiniol (eastern screech owl)
  • yr India Ddwyreiniol (the East Indies)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dwyreiniol
radical soft nasal aspirate
dwyreiniol ddwyreiniol nwyreiniol unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “dwyreiniol”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dwyreiniol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies