ser

cy-noun

ser m (plural serrod or serroedd, not mutable)

From Old Welsh serr, Proto-Celtic *serrā. Cf. Middle Irish serr.


arf

From Middle Welsh arf, from Proto-Brythonic *arβ̃, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin arma.


cad

From Middle Welsh kad, kat, from Old Welsh cat, from Proto-Brythonic *kad (“battle”), from Proto-Celtic *katus (compare Old Irish cath), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).


pelen

pelennau (plural)
pelenni (plural)
pelen
belen (soft)
mhelen
phelen


gwaith

gweithiau (plural)
gwaith
waith (soft)
ngwaith

Doublets; from Middle Welsh gweith, from Proto-Brythonic *gweiθ, from Proto-Celtic *wextā (“time, course, turn”) (compare Cornish gweyth, Breton gwezh, Old Irish fecht (“journey; time, occasion”), Irish feacht (“journey; time, occasion”)), feminine past participle of Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to carry, drive”).


swyddog

cy-noun

swyddog m (plural swyddogion, not mutable)


saethyddiaeth

saethyddiaeth f (uncountable, not mutable)

/seɨ̯ˈθəðjaɨ̯θ/

/seɨ̯ˈθəðjɛθ/

/sei̯ˈθəðjɛθ/

archery (practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow)


rhyfel

From Old Welsh ryuel, from Latin rebellis (“making war anew”), from rebello (“to wage war”).


malwod

malwod f (collective, singulative malwoden or malwen)

malwoden (singulative)
malwen (singulative)
malwod
falwod (soft)

From Old Welsh meluet, from Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *meldo- (“pleasant, mild”), *mlido (“soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”).
Compare Breton melc'hwed, Cornish melhwes, (compare Breton melw (“snot”)). Also see Gaulish *multon- (“sheep”), which could be related.

cysgu yn llety’r falwoden

to sleep by an outside wall; to sleep in the snail's lodgings

(weaponry) slugs (pieces of metal fired from a gun)

(transferred sense) segments (of orange etc.)


saeth

From Middle Welsh saeth, from Proto-Brythonic *saɣeθ, a borrowing from Latin sagitta. Cognate with Cornish seth, Breton saezh, Irish saighead.


cleddyf

cleddyfau (plural)
cleddyf
gleddyf (soft)
nghleddyf
chleddyf

From Middle Welsh cledyf, from Proto-Brythonic *klėðɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos (compare Old Irish claideb, Breton klezeñv).


rhyfelwr

rhyfelwyr (plural)
rhyfelwr
ryfelwr (soft)


niwclear

cy-adj

niwclear (feminine singular niwclear, plural niwclear, not comparable, not mutable)

niwclear (feminine singular)
niwclear (plural)


bwa

From Middle Welsh bwa, from Middle English bowe, from Old English boga.


tân gwyllt

tân gwyllt
dân gwyllt (soft)
nhân gwyllt
thân gwyllt

/ˌtaːn ˈɡwɨːɬd/

[ˌtʰaːŋ ˈɡwɨːɬt]

[ˌtʰaːŋ ˈɡwɪɬt]

From tân (“fire”) + gwyllt (“wild”), "wild fire".


gwayw

gwewyr (plural)
gweywyr (plural)
gwayw
wayw (soft)
ngwayw

From Proto-Celtic *uɸogaisos, a prefixed derivative of *gaisos (“spear”); compare Old Irish gae (modern Irish ga).


bwyell

bwyeill (plural)
bwyelli (plural)
bwyell
fwyell (soft)
mwyell

From Middle Welsh bwell, from Old Welsh bahell, from Proto-Celtic *beyatlis, from the root of *binati (“to strike”). Cognate with Breton bouc'hal, Irish biail, Old Irish biáil.


llynges

llyngesau (plural)
llynges
lynges (soft)

From Middle Welsh llyghes, from Proto-Celtic *longestā, a derivative of *longā (whence also llong). Cognate to Irish loingeas.
Synchronically analyzable as llong (“ship”) + -es (“collective suffix”).


llyngesydd

llyngesyddion (plural)
llyngesydd
lyngesydd (soft)

From llynges (“ships, fleet”) + -ydd (“-er: forming agent nouns”)


cawell

cy-noun

cawell m (plural cewyll or cawellau or cawelli)

cewyll (plural)
cawellau (plural)
cawelli (plural)
cawell
gawell (soft)
nghawell
chawell


gwisg filwrol

gwisg filwrol f (plural gwisgoedd milwrol)

gwisgoedd milwrol (plural)
gwisg filwrol
wisg filwrol (soft)
ngwisg filwrol

/ˌɡwɪsɡ vɪˈlʊrɔl/

[ˌɡwɪsɡ vɪˈlʊrɔl]


cleddyf cam

cleddyfau cam (plural)
cleddyf cam
gleddyf cam (soft)
nghleddyf cam
chleddyf cam


gwlw

gylfau (plural)
gylfon (plural)
gwlw
wlw (soft)
ngwlw


bom amser

bomiau amser (plural)
bom amser
fom amser (soft)
mom amser


bollt

bolltau (plural)
bolltiau (plural)
bollt
follt (soft)
mollt


bidog

bidogau (plural)
bidog
fidog (soft)
midog

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *bītū, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”). Cognate with Old Irish bíth.