gwyllt

Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with English wild.

Adjective

gwyllt (feminine singular gwyllt, plural gwylltion, equative cyn gwyllt, comparative mwy gwyllt, superlative mwyaf gwyllt)

  1. wild, untamed
    Antonym: dof
  2. unruly
  3. furious, raging

Derived terms

  • gwylltineb (“wildness; rage, fury”)
  • gwylltio (“to rage, to become angry”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwyllt wyllt ngwyllt unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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