sawd

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sau̯d/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Welsh sawt, from Middle English saut.

Noun

sawd m (plural sodiau or sodion, not mutable)

  1. (military) assault, attack

Etymology 2

Variant form of sawdd, cf. ansawd from ansawdd (“quality, condition”).

Noun

sawd m (plural sawdiau or sawdion, not mutable)

  1. base, basis, foundation
    Synonyms: sail, sylfaen, gwaelod
  2. (chemical) base
    Synonym: bas
  3. (finance) monetary fund, capital
    Synonyms: cronfa, cyfalaf
Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sawd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.