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 goes.

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

• gwaed drwg
• gwaed ifanc
• gwaed yn dewach na dŵr
• gwaedlif
• gwaedlyd
• gwaedlyn
• gwaedogen
• gwaedu
• gwaedysol

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwaed	waed	ngwaed	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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