gwŷdd

See also: gŵydd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwiːð/
• Rhymes: -ɨːð

Etymology 1

From gwau (“to weave”) +‎ -ydd.

Noun

gwŷdd m (plural gwyddiau)

1. loom

   Synonym: ffrâm wau

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh gwydd, from Old Welsh guid, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨð, from Proto-Celtic *widus.

Noun

gwŷdd f (collective, singulative gwydden)

2. (literary) trees

   Synonyms: coed, colfenni, prennau

Usage notes

Although the usual word for "trees" is coed, gwŷdd is still very common as a final element in the names of many tree species and other woody plants in the mutated form -wydd.

Derived terms

• castanwydd (“chestnut trees”)
• cedrwydd (“cedar trees”)
• cochwydd (“redwoods”)
• conwydd (“conifer trees”)
• ffawydd (“beech trees”)
• ffigyswydd (“fig trees”)
• ffynidwydd (“fir trees”)
• gellygwydd (“pear trees”)
• gwinwydd (“vines”)
• gwyddbwyll (“chess”)
• gwynwydd (“honeysuckle”)
• llarwydd (“larches”)
• llawrwydd (“laurel, bay”)
• mafonwydd (“raspberry bushes, raspberry canes”)
• manwydd (“brushwood”)
• merwydd (“mulberry trees”)
• myrtwydd (“myrtles”)
• oestrwydd (“hornbeams”)
• olewydd (“olive trees”)
• palmwydd (“palm trees”)
• pefrwydd, pyrwydd (“spruces”)
• pinwydd (“pine trees”)
• pisgwydd (“lime trees, lindens”)
• piswydd (“spindle trees”)
• prysgwydd (“shrubs, brush”)
• rhafnwydd (“buckthorn”)
• sycamorwydd (“sycamores”)
• tanwydd (“firewood; fuel”)
• uchelwydd (“mistletoe”)
• yswydd (“privet”)

 

Etymology 3

Noun

gwŷdd m (plural gwyddion)

1. (North Wales) plough

   Synonym: aradr

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwŷdd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwŷdd	wŷdd	ngwŷdd	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), “gwŷdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies