gwallt
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *woltos (compare Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Irish folt), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwaːɬd/, [ɡwaːɬt]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwaɬd/, [ɡwaɬt]
Noun
gwallt m (plural gwalltiau)
- hair (on head, collectively)
See also
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwallt | wallt | ngwallt | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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