arwain

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸare-wedn- (compare synonymous arweddu from *ɸarewedeti), from *ɸare- + *wedeti (compare Old Irish feidid (bring, lead)), from *wedʰ- (to lead) (compare Lithuanian vèsti, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gawidan), Old Church Slavonic вести (vesti).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

arwain (first-person singular present arweiniaf)

  1. to lead, guide
  2. to conduct (e.g. an orchestra)
  3. to lead (to a certain place)
    Mae’r llwybr ’ma’n arwain i’r goedwig.
    This path leads to the forest.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • arweiniad (guidance, leadership)
  • arweiniol (guiding, leading, introductory)
  • arweinydd (guide, leader)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
arwain unchanged unchanged harwain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wed-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406

Further reading

  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), arweiniaf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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