gwylan

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwylan, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *wēlannā (compare Cornish goolan, Breton gouelan, Irish faoileán).

Pronunciation

Noun

gwylan f (plural gwylanod)

  1. gull (seabird)
    • Saying:
      Gwylan i'r tir / Glaw cyn bo hir
      A seagull [heads] to land / Rain before long.
    • Saying:
      Yr wylan fach adnebydd / Pan fo'n gyfnewid tywydd / Hi hed yn deg ar adain wen / O'r môr i ben y mynydd.
      The little gull knows / When the weather is changing / She fairly flies on white wing / From sea to mountain top.

Derived terms
  • gwylan Audouin (“Audouin's gull”)
  • gwylan benddu (“black-headed gull”)
  • gwylan benwen (“black-legged kittiwake”)
  • gwylan dribys (“black-legged kittiwake”)
  • gwylan droed-ddu (“great skua”)
  • gwylan ddu a gwyn (“great black-backed gull”)
  • gwylan fawr (“gannet, booby”)
  • gwylan fechan (“little gull”)
  • gwylan fodrwybig (“ring-billed gull”)
  • gwylan fôr (“seagull”)
  • gwylan frech (“great skua”)
  • gwylan gefnddu fwyaf (“great black-backed gull”)
  • gwylan gefnddu leiaf (“lesser black-backed gull”)
  • gwylan Gernyw (“black-legged kittiwake”)
  • gwylan goesddu (“black-legged kittiwake”)
  • gwylan goesfelen (“yellow-legged gull”)
  • gwylan Gwlad yr Iâ (“Iceland gull”)
  • gwylan gyffredin (“common gull”)
  • gwylan gynfonnir (“Arctic skua”)
  • gwylan lwyd (“common gull”)
  • gwylan Manaw (“manx shearwater”)
  • gwylan Môr y Canoldir (“Mediterranean gull”)
  • gwylan Sabin (“Sabine's gull”)
  • gwylan wen (“common gull”)
  • gwylan y Gogledd (“glaucous gull”)
  • gwylan y graig (“petrel, shearwater”)
  • gwylan y gweunydd (“common gull”)
  • gwylan y penwaig (“herring gull”)
  • gwylan y rhaeadrau (“great skua”)
  • gwylan y weilgi (“storm petrel”)
  • gwylan ylfinfain (“slender-billed gull”)
  • gwylan yr Arctig (“Iceland gull”)
  • gwylan ysgadan (“herring gull”)
  • gwylan ysgafn (“great skua”)
  • gwylanwydd (“gannet”)
  • môr-wylan (“seagull”)

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