gwyn

See also: gwŷn and Gwyn

Cornish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡwiːn]

Noun

gwyn m

  1. Alternative form of gwin

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwynn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)

  1. white
  2. blessed

Derived terms
  • bore gwyn (“early morning”)
  • du a gwyn (“black and white; piebald”)
  • gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
  • gwynder (“whiteness”)
  • gwyniad (“(a species of fish native to Bala Lake in Wales)”)
  • gwynnu (“to whiten”)
  • tyngu'r du yn wyn (“to swear black is white”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwyn wyn ngwyn unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn
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