gwryw
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proto-Celtic *wirowyos, from *wiros (“man”) (whence Welsh gŵr).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊrɨ̞u̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡuːrɪu̯/, /ˈɡʊrɪu̯/
Noun
[edit]gwryw m (plural gwrywod or gwrywiaid or gwrywaid)
Adjective
[edit]gwryw (feminine singular gwryw, plural gwryw, not comparable)
Derived terms
[edit]- brathlys gwryw, gwlyddyn Mair gwryw (“scarlet pimpernel”)
- carnedd felen wryw, greulys felen wryw (“common ragwort”)
- cath wryw (“tom-cat”)
- clust llygoden pedwar-gwryw, cornwlyddyn pedwar-gwryw (“sea mouse-ear”)
- (obsolete) cywarch gwryw (“carl-hemp”)
- gwryw-banw, gwryw-benyw (“effeminate man, nancy”)
- gwrywaidd, gwrywol (“male, masculine”)
- (historical, offensive) gwrywgydio (“to bugger, to sodomise”)
- helyg teir-gwryw, helyg tri-gwryw (“almond willows”)
- lafant gwryw (“spike-lavender”)
- llwylys gwryw, ysgyrfi gwryw (“sea-purslane”)
- marchredyn gwryw, rhedyn gwryw (“male ferns”)
- pannog gwyn gwryw (“white mullein”)
- tewbannog wen wryw (“rose campion; gillyflower; wallflower”)
Related terms
[edit]- gŵr (“man, husband”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gwryw | wryw | ngwryw | unchanged |
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), “gwryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies