llwyd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬuːɨ̯d/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬʊi̯d/
Rhymes: -uːɨ̯d

Adjective

llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwydion, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)

grey
faint, pale
mouldy, musty
(obsolete) holy, blessed
Synonyms: bendigedig, sanctaidd

Derived terms

brawd llwyd (“grey friar, Franciscan”)
llwyd y gwrych (“hedge sparrow, dunnock”)
llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
llwydaidd (“greyish”)
llwydfelyn (“yellow dun”)
llwydlas (“blue dun, mouse dun”)
llwydni (“mould”)
llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”)
llwydo (“to turn grey; to go mouldy”)
llwydwellt (“moorgrass”)
melynllwydd (“tawny”)
neidr lwyd (“grass snake”)
pryf llwyd, cleren lwyd (“horsefly”)
y wermod lwyd (“common wormwood”)

Descendants

→ English: Lloyd, Floyd

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llwyd*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwyd	lwyd	unchanged	unchanged

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

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

References

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