gwyn

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See also: gwŷn and Gwyn

Cornish

Pronunciation

Noun

gwyn m

  1. alternative form of gwin

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

    Adjective

    gwyn

    1. white
    2. blessed
      • c. 1300, Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin, page 15, lines 24–26:
        Gwyn eu byt wy gymry pan adrodynt, ryn gwarawt y trindawt or trallawt gynt.
        Blessed be the Welsh when they shall say, 'the Trinity delivered us from our former trouble.'

    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      From Middle Welsh gwyn, gwynn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)

      1. white
      2. blessed

      Derived terms

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of gwyn
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      gwyn wyn ngwyn unchanged

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

      See also

      Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
           gwyn      llwyd      du
                   coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
                   melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
                   gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
                   fioled, rhuddlas; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn
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