gwallt

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwollt, from Proto-Celtic *woltos.

Cognates

See also Cornish gols, Old Breton guolt, Irish folt, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (compare English wold, Lithuanian váltis (“oat awn”), Serbo-Croatian vlȃt (“ear (of wheat)”), Ancient Greek λάσιος (lásios, “hairy”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwaːɬd/, [ɡwaːɬt]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwaɬd/, [ɡwaɬt]
• Rhymes: -aɬd

Noun

gwallt m (plural gwalltiau)

1. hair (on head, collectively)

Derived terms

• gwallt to (“combover”)
• sychwr gwallt (“hairdryer”)

See also

• blew

Mutation

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

References

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