gwynt

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwynt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnt, from Proto-Celtic *wintos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨ̞nt/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɪnt/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɨ̞nt

Noun

gwynt m (plural gwyntoedd)

wind
breath
Synonym: anadl

Derived terms

a'ch gwynt yn eich dwrn (“out of breath”)
allan o wynt (“out of breath”)
arwynt (“smell, scent”)
atalfa wynt (“windbreak”)
ataliwr gwynt (“windbreak”)
blodyn y gwynt (“wood anemone Anemone nemorosa”)
Bwa'r Gwynt (“The Milky Way”)
byr eich gwynt (“short of breath”)
ceiliog gwynt (“weather cock, weather vane”)
cist wynt (“wind chest”)
clefyd y gwynt (“hypochondria”)
clwyf y gwynt (“hypochondria”)
dal eich gwynt (“hold one's breath”)
dan eich gwynt (“under one's breath”)
difrod gwynt (“wind damage”)
drifl y gwynt (“gossamer”)
egni gwynt (“wind energy”)
eirwynt m (“snow-bearing wind”)
gwynt coch Amwythig (“east wind”)
gwynt croes (“crosswind”)
gwynt cyson (“trade wind”)
gwynt Senghennydd (“east wind”)
gwynt teg (“fair wind; good riddance”)
gwynt teg ar ei ôl (“good riddance”)
gwynt traed y meirw m (“the east wind”)
gwynt y de (“south wind”)
gwynt y dwyrain (“east wind”)
gwynt y gogledd (“north wind”)
gwynt y gorllewin (“west wind”)
gwynt yr Haul (“solar wind”)
gwyntio (“to blow”)
gwynto (“to smell”)
gwyntog (“windy”)
Heol y Gwynt (“Milky Way”)
lluwchwynt m (“blizzard”)
Llwybr y Gwynt (“Milky Way”)
melin wynt (“windmill”)
peiriant gwynt (“wind machine”)
prifwynt m (“prevailing wind”)
pŵer y gwynt (“wind power”)
sgrin wynt (“windscreen”)
torri gwynt (“to break wind”)
yng nghysgod y gwynt (“leeward”)
yng ngwynt (“close to, in the company of”)
yn y gwynt (“in the wind, astir, afoot”)
ynni gwynt (“wind energy”)

Related terms

gwyntyll m (“winnowing fan”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwynt	wynt	ngwynt	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwynt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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