llwyd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *luɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlētos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwyd, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf)

  1. gray

Derived terms
  • llwydaidd (“greyish, palish”)
  • llwydi, llwydni (“greyness; mould, mildew”)
  • llwydnos (“dusk, twilight”)
  • llwydo (“to turn grey; to become mouldy”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llwyd lwyd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             gwyrdd leim              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc
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