llwg

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬuːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -uːɡ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) possibly related to llwgu (“to starve”).

Noun

llwg m (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) scurvy
    Synonyms: sgyrfi, clefri poeth, llwyg
  2. (veterinary medicine) foot rot in cows and sheep
    Synonyms: y pwd, llaid
Derived terms
  • bulwg (“corncockle”)
  • llwglyd (“scurfy, having scurf”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

llwg m or f (uncountable)

  1. sense of sight, vision
  2. sight, spectacle
    Synonym: golygfa

Mutation

Mutated forms of llwg
radical soft nasal aspirate
llwg lwg 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

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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