dryw

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).

Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).

Dryw

Noun

dryw m or f by sense (plural drywod)

  1. wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    Synonyms: dryw bach, chwynnwr, powlin bach, pompen
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryw ddryw nryw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh dryw, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun

dryw m (plural drywon)

  1. druid, seer
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryw ddryw nryw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 3

Noun

dryw m

  1. Soft mutation of tryw.
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tryw dryw nhryw thryw
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), “dryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dryw”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page dàir.
  3. ^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 183
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