gwenwyn

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwenwyn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwenuɨn (compare Old Cornish guenoin(reiat)), from Latin venēnum.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛnwɨ̞n/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡweːnʊi̯n/, /ˈɡwɛnʊi̯n/, /ˈɡwɛnwɪn/

Noun

gwenwyn m (plural gwenwynau)

poison, venom
grudge (as gwenwyn i rywun, “grudge against someone”)
Synonym: cenfigen (wrth rywun)

Derived terms

gwenwyniad gwaed (“blood poisoning”)
gwenwynig, gwenwynllyd, gwenwynol (“poisonous”)
gwenwyno (“to poison”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gwenwyn*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwenwyn	wenwyn	ngwenwyn	unchanged

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

References

Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwenwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies