llewyg

Welsh

Etymology

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Noun

llewyg m or f (plural llewygon or llewygion or llewygau)

  1. faint, swoon
    Synonyms: llesmair, llewygfa, ffeintiad, gloes
  2. pang, qualm (sickly feeling)
    Synonyms: gwasgfa, gwayw, pang
  3. trance, ecstasy
    Synonyms: perlewyg, ecstasi
  4. weakness
    Synonym: gwendid

Derived terms

  • glaslewyg (“fainting fit”)
  • gloes(ion) llewyg (“epilepsy”)
  • llawenlewyg (“ecstasy”)
  • llewyg byrbwyll (“apoplexy”)
  • llewyg marwol (“stroke; seizure”)
  • llewyg y blaidd (“hop; lupin”)
  • llewyg y chwain (“fleabane”)
  • llewyg y llau (“stavesacre”)
  • llewyg y llyngyr (“stinking hellebore”)
  • llewyg yr iâr (“henbane”)
  • llewygfa (“faint, swoon”)
  • llewyglyd (“faint, sickly”)
  • llewygu (“to faint”)
  • marwllewyg (“dead faint”)
  • perlewyg (“trance”)

Mutation

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