gwŷdd

See also: gŵydd

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨːð/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwiːð/
Rhymes: -ɨːð

Etymology 1

From gwau (“to weave”) +‎ -ydd.

Noun

gwŷdd m (plural gwyddiau)

loom
Synonym: ffrâm wau

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh gwydd, from Old Welsh guid, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨð, from Proto-Celtic *widus.

Noun

gwŷdd f (collective, singulative gwydden)

(literary) trees
Synonyms: coed, colfenni, prennau

Usage notes

Although the usual word for "trees" is coed, gwŷdd is still very common as a final element in the names of many tree species and other woody plants in the mutated form -wydd.

Derived terms

castanwydd (“chestnut trees”)
cedrwydd (“cedar trees”)
cochwydd (“redwoods”)
conwydd (“conifer trees”)
ffawydd (“beech trees”)
ffigyswydd (“fig trees”)
ffynidwydd (“fir trees”)
gellygwydd (“pear trees”)
gwinwydd (“vines”)
gwyddbwyll (“chess”)
gwynwydd (“honeysuckle”)
llarwydd (“larches”)
llawrwydd (“laurel, bay”)
mafonwydd (“raspberry bushes, raspberry canes”)
manwydd (“brushwood”)
merwydd (“mulberry trees”)
myrtwydd (“myrtles”)
oestrwydd (“hornbeams”)
olewydd (“olive trees”)
palmwydd (“palm trees”)
pefrwydd, pyrwydd (“spruces”)
pinwydd (“pine trees”)
pisgwydd (“lime trees, lindens”)
piswydd (“spindle trees”)
prysgwydd (“shrubs, brush”)
rhafnwydd (“buckthorn”)
sycamorwydd (“sycamores”)
tanwydd (“firewood; fuel”)
uchelwydd (“mistletoe”)
yswydd (“privet”)

Etymology 3

Noun

gwŷdd m (plural gwyddion)

(North Wales) plough
Synonym: aradr

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gwŷdd*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwŷdd	wŷdd	ngwŷdd	unchanged

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

gwŷdd

Contents

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Mutation

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