cawod

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cawat, from Proto-Celtic *kowotos (compare Cornish kowas, Breton kaouad),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“cold, rainy; north”);[2] compare Latin caurus (“northwestern wind”), Lithuanian šiáurė (“north”), Russian се́вер (séver, “north”).

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Noun

cawod f (plural cawodau or cawodydd)

  1. (meteorology) shower (short rainfall)
  2. (by extension) shower (bathing device, or an instance of using this device)
    Dw i'n mynd i gael cawod.
    I'm going to take a shower.
  3. (obsolete) swarm
    Synonym: haid
  4. (phytopathology) blight, mildew
    Synonyms: malltod, llwydni
  5. (dermatology, North Wales) rash (likened to splashes of a rainshower on skin)
    Synonyms: brech, tarddiant
  6. (medicine) fit or attack of sickness or pain
    Synonyms: pwl, plwc

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cawod gawod nghawod chawod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Philomen Probert, Andreas Willi (2012) “10.6. MW cawad and the South-West British treatment of *-aua-”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, page 155
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