lliw

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Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɬɪu̯/
Rhymes: -ɪu̯
Homophone: llyw (South Wales)

Noun

lliw m (plural lliwiau)

colour
paint, dye, colouring

Derived terms

cuddliw (“camouflage”)
ffugliw (“camouflage”)
lliwio (“to colour, to dye”)
lliwiog (“coloured, dyed”)
minlliw (“lipstick”)
trilliw (“tricolour”)

Related terms

lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)

Mutation

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

References

^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 ix 1

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