gwaed

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwaet, from Old Welsh guayt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoɨd, from Proto-Celtic *waitos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates.^[1] Cognate with Breton gwad and Cornish goos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaːɨ̯d/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwai̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwaːd/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯d

Noun

gwaed m (usually uncountable, plural gwaedau or gwaedoedd)

1. blood

Derived terms

• ffesant waed (“blood pheasant”)
• gwaed drwg (“bad blood”)
• gwaed ifanc (“young blood”)
• gwaed newydd (“new blood”)
• gwaed y gwŷr (“dwarf elder; tutsan”)
• gwaedlif (“haemorrhage”)
• gwaedlyd (“bloody”)
• gwaedlyn (“lymph”)
• gwaedlys (“bloodwort; knotgrass; willowherb”)
• gwaedogen (“black pudding”)
• gwaedu (“to bleed”)
• gwaedysol (“sanguivorous”)
• llys y gwaed, llysiau'r gwaed (“pennyroyal”)
• mae gwaed yn dewach na dŵr (“blood is thicker than water”)
• mintys y gwaed (“spearmint”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwaed

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwaed	waed	ngwaed	unchanged

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

References

1. Buck, Carl Darling (1949) A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, page 206

Further reading

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