"Gwy" meaning in Welsh

See Gwy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɡuːɨ̯/ [North-Wales], /ɡʊi̯/ [South-Wales] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Gwy [mutation, mutation-radical], Wy [mutation, mutation-soft], Ngwy [mutation, mutation-nasal]
Etymology: Unknown; first attested as Old Welsh Guoy. The element -wy is found in other river names such as Monnow, Medway, and Conwy. A borrowing from a Pre-Celtic substrate language cannot be ruled out, as gwy does not match any obvious nouns in Welsh. Etymology templates: {{unk|cy}} Unknown, {{inh|cy|owl|Guoy}} Old Welsh Guoy, {{m|cy|-wy}} -wy, {{m|en|Monnow}} Monnow, {{m|en|Medway}} Medway, {{m|en|Conwy}} Conwy, {{der|cy|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{m|cy|gwy}} gwy Head templates: {{cy-proper noun|f}} Gwy f Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. Wye (river in England and Wales) Wikipedia link: Pre-Celtic, cy:Afon Gwy Tags: feminine Categories (place): Rivers in England, Rivers in Wales
    Sense id: en-Gwy-cy-name-yvMzGBfx Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Gwy meaning in Welsh (2.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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