llwyth

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *luxtus (“contents, crowd, people”). Cognate with Old Irish lucht (“contents, cargo”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬuːɨ̯θ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬʊi̯θ/
Rhymes: -uːɨ̯θcanibel

Noun

llwyth m (plural llwythau)

tribe, people

Derived terms

tylwyth (“family, household”)

Noun

llwyth m (plural llwythi)

load, cargo
Llwyth dyn ei gorwgl.
The load of a man is his coracle. (Welsh saying)

Derived terms

cachlwyth (“shitload”)
llwyth gwaith (“workload”)
llwytho (“to load”)
llwythog (“laden”)
tanlwyth (“great fire”)
trymlwyth (“heavy load”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llwyth*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwyth	lwyth	unchanged	unchanged

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

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