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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *luxsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to bend; to peel, tear, flake off, damage”), see also Lithuanian lùpti (“to peel”), Latvian lupt (“to peel; eat”), Proto-Slavic *lupiti (“to peel”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish lomm.
Pronunciation
Adjective
llwm (feminine singular llom, plural llymion, equative llymed, comparative llymach, superlative llymaf)
- barren, bleak, bare
- Synonyms: moel, noeth, agored
1918, Hedd Wyn, Atgo:Dim ond lleuad borffor / Ar fin y mynydd llwm; / A sŵn hen afon Prysor / Yn canu yn y Cwm.- Only a purple moon / On the edge of the bare mountain; / And the sound of the old river Prysor / Singing in the Valley.
- poor, destitute
- Synonyms: tlawd, anghenus
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “llwm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN