mynydd

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mynyð, from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɨ̞ð/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɪð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈməni/, /ˈmɪni/
Rhymes: -ənɨ̞ð

Noun

mynydd m (plural mynyddoedd)

(geography) mountain, large hill
(figuratively) large pile, great amount
common, unenclosed land, mountain land, moorland; agricultural land; plain
(palmistry) mount

Derived terms

bronrhuddyn y mynydd (“brambling”)
golfan y mynydd (“tree sparrow”)
gwneud môr a mynydd (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”)
i fyny (“up”)
llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
mieri'r mynydd (“cloudberries”)
mynydda (“to climb mountains”)
mynyddig (“mountainous”)
Penmynydd (“village in Anglesey”)
rhedyn y mynydd (“parsley ferns”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mynydd*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mynydd	fynydd	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

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

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