golau

See also: goláu

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh goleu, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoluɣʉ,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Cornish golow and Breton gouloù.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlaɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlɛ/, /ˈɡɔla/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːlai̯/, /ˈɡɔlai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːlɛ/, /ˈɡɔlɛ/

Adjective

golau (feminine singular golau, plural goleuon, equative goleued, comparative goleuach, superlative goleuaf)

1. light, bright
2. fair (of hair)

Derived terms

• celwydd golau (“white lie”)

Noun

golau m (plural goleuau or goleuon)

1. light

Derived terms

• blwyddyn golau (“ light year”)
• golau blaen (“headlight”)
• golau ôl (“rear light”)
• golau pen (“headlamp, lamp worn on head”)
• goleuad (“light source”)
• goleudy (“lighthouse”)
• goleuni (“illumination”)
• goleuo (“to illuminate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of golau

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
golau	olau	ngolau	unchanged

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

References

1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 vi