dryw

Welsh

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".


Etymology 1

Compare Old Irish dreän.

Noun

dryw m, f (plural drywod)

  1. wren, jenny wren
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryw ddryw nryw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (tree) + *weyd- (to see, to know), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun

dryw m (plural drywon)

  1. druid, seer
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryw ddryw nryw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 3

Noun

dryw m

  1. Soft mutation of tryw.
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tryw dryw nhryw thryw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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