gwyrdh

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gwirdh, from Old Cornish guirt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨrð, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡwɪrð]

Adjective

gwyrdh

1. (artificial) green

   gwyrdh:  

   Synonym: gwer

Usage notes

• Not of plants or of the sea; glas is used for to describe these

Derived terms

• glaswyrdh (“sea green, turquoise”)
• melynwyrdh (“pale green”)

Mutation

Mutation of gwyrdh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gwyrdh	wyrdh	unchanged	kwyrdh	hwyrdh	wyrdh

See also

Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)

gwynn	loos, glas	du
rudh; kogh	rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm	melyn; losvelyn
	gwyrdh, gwer, glas
glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas	glaswyn, blou	glas
glasrudh, purpur; indigo	majenta; purpur, glasrudh	gwynnrudh, kigliw