crwydr
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Welsh cruitr (“winnowing tool”), from Proto-Brythonic *kruɨdr, from Proto-Celtic *kreitros (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /krʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊɨ̯dr̩]
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /krʊi̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊi̯dr̩]
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkrʊi̯dɪr/
Noun
[edit]crwydr m (plural crwydrau)
Derived terms
[edit]- crwydrad (“wandering, errant, vagrant, straying”)
- crwydredig (“wandering, vagrant, roving; stray; tramped by vagabonds”)
- crwydro (“to wander, roam, stroll, gad about; to spend to no purpose; to stray, go astray, err, deviate; to digress”)
- crwydrol (“wandering, vagrant, roving, nomadic, migratory; erring”)
- crwydrus (“wandering, vagrant, vagabond, roaming; erring, loose, profligate; poor, needy”)
- crwydrwr (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, rover, nomad; one who has erred or gone astray”)
- crwydryn, crwydren (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, tramp, straggler”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
crwydr | grwydr | nghrwydr | chrwydr |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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