arwydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh arwyd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarewēdyom (compare Old Irish airde), from *wēdo- (“tell, relate”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈarʊɨ̯ð/, /ˈarwɨ̞ð/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːrʊi̯ð/, /ˈarʊi̯ð/, /ˈarwɪð/

Noun

arwydd m (plural arwyddion)

  1. sign (visible indication)
    Mae’r holl arwyddion wedi’u tynnu i lawr. ― All the road signs have been pulled down.
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Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
arwydd unchanged unchanged harwydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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