glaw

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish glau, from Proto-Brythonic *glaw.[1] Cognate with Breton glav and Welsh glaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlaʊ/

Noun

glaw m

  1. rain

Derived terms

  • glawas (“rainfall”)
  • glawek (“rainy”)
  • glawen (“raindrop”)
  • gul glaw (“rain”, verb)
  • kodh glaw (“rainfall”)
  • koswik law (“rainforest”)
  • kota glaw (“raincoat”)

Mutation

Mutation of glaw
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
glaw law unchanged klaw unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 214

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glaw.[1] Related to Breton glav (“rain”).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡlaːu̯/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡlau̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -au̯

Noun

glaw m (usually uncountable, plural glawiau or glawogydd)

  1. rain
    • Nursery rhyme:
      Glaw, glaw, cer ffordd draw, / Tyred eto ddydd a ddaw.
      Rain, rain, go away, / Come again another day.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaw
radical soft nasal aspirate
glaw law nglaw unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 214
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