gwynt

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwynt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnt, from Proto-Celtic *wintos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨ̞nt/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɪnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨ̞nt

Noun

gwynt m (plural gwyntoedd)

  1. wind
  2. breath
    Synonym: anadl

Derived terms
  • a'ch gwynt yn eich dwrn (“out of breath”)
  • allan o wynt (“out of breath”)
  • arwynt (“smell, scent”)
  • atalfa wynt (“windbreak”)
  • ataliwr gwynt (“windbreak”)
  • blodyn y gwynt (“wood anemone Anemone nemorosa”)
  • Bwa'r Gwynt (“The Milky Way”)
  • byr eich gwynt (“short of breath”)
  • ceiliog gwynt (“weather cock, weather vane”)
  • cist wynt (“wind chest”)
  • clefyd y gwynt (“hypochondria”)
  • clwyf y gwynt (“hypochondria”)
  • dal eich gwynt (“hold one's breath”)
  • dan eich gwynt (“under one's breath”)
  • difrod gwynt (“wind damage”)
  • drifl y gwynt (“gossamer”)
  • egni gwynt (“wind energy”)
  • eirwynt m (“snow-bearing wind”)
  • gwynt coch Amwythig (“east wind”)
  • gwynt croes (“crosswind”)
  • gwynt cyson (“trade wind”)
  • gwynt Senghennydd (“east wind”)
  • gwynt teg (“fair wind; good riddance”)
  • gwynt teg ar ei ôl (“good riddance”)
  • gwynt traed y meirw m (“the east wind”)
  • gwynt y de (“south wind”)
  • gwynt y dwyrain (“east wind”)
  • gwynt y gogledd (“north wind”)
  • gwynt y gorllewin (“west wind”)
  • gwynt yr Haul (“solar wind”)
  • gwyntio (“to blow”)
  • gwynto (“to smell”)
  • gwyntog (“windy”)
  • Heol y Gwynt (“Milky Way”)
  • lluwchwynt m (“blizzard”)
  • Llwybr y Gwynt (“Milky Way”)
  • melin wynt (“windmill”)
  • peiriant gwynt (“wind machine”)
  • prifwynt m (“prevailing wind”)
  • pŵer y gwynt (“wind power”)
  • sgrin wynt (“windscreen”)
  • torri gwynt (“to break wind”)
  • yng nghysgod y gwynt (“leeward”)
  • yng ngwynt (“close to, in the company of”)
  • yn y gwynt (“in the wind, astir, afoot”)
  • ynni gwynt (“wind energy”)

See also

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwynt wynt ngwynt 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), “gwynt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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