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lliw

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lliw m (plural lliwiau)

  1. colour
  2. paint, dye, colouring

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of lliw
radical soft nasal aspirate
lliw liw unchanged unchanged

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

References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 ix 1
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