gorllewinol

Welsh

Etymology

From gorllewin (“west”) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gorllewinol (feminine singular gorllewinol, plural gorllewinol, equative mor orllewinol, comparative mwy gorllewinol, superlative mwyaf gorllewinol)

  1. western

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • crëyr traethau gorllewinol (“western reef egret”)
  • gornerth gorllewinol (“green figwort”)
  • llwyn-ehedydd gorllewinol (“western singing bush lark”)
  • pig-y-crëyr orllewinol (“western stork's-bill”)
  • tylluan sgrech orllewinol (“western screech owl”)
  • yr India Orllewinol (“the West Indies”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gorllewinol
radical soft nasal aspirate
gorllewinol orllewinol ngorllewinol 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), “gorllewinol”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gorllewinol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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