llwyd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *luɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwyd, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)

  1. gray

Derived terms

  • llwydaidd (“greyish, palish”)
  • llwydi, llwydni (“greyness; mould, mildew”)
  • llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”)
  • llwydo (“to turn grey; to become mouldy”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llwyd lwyd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du      brown
             pinc              coch ; rhudd              oren, melyngoch              melyn ; melynwyn
             gwyrdd leim              gwyrdd                           gwyrddlas ; glaswyrdd
             asur, gwynlas              glas              fioled ; indigo              majenta ; porffor
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