clawdd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *klādo-, from Proto-Indo-European *klād-.

Pronunciation

  • clawdd(file)

Noun

clawdd m (plural cloddiau or cloddion)

  1. soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
    1. boundary
    2. hedge, fence
  2. ditch, gutter, trench
    1. pit, quarry, mine
    2. moat, fosse

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
clawdd glawdd nghlawdd chlawdd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “clawdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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