clawdd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *klādos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂dos.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklaːu̯ð/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯ð/
Audio: (file)

Noun

clawdd m (plural cloddiau or cloddion)

soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
1. boundary
2. hedge, fence
ditch, gutter, trench
1. pit, quarry, mine
2. moat, fosse

Derived terms

arglawdd (“embankment”)
Clawdd Offa (“Offa's Dyke”)
cloddio (“to dig, to excavate”)
cysgu fel clawdd (“to sleep like a log”)
gweirglodd (“meadow”)
morglawdd (“sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater”)
mwynglawdd (“mine”)
mynd i’r clawdd (“to fail”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *clawdd*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clawdd	glawdd	nghlawdd	chlawdd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “clawdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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