gwedd

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡweːð/
Rhymes: -eːð

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gweð, from Proto-Brythonic *gweð, from Proto-Celtic *widā, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Noun

gwedd f (plural gweddau)

sight, look, appearance
Synonyms: edrychiad, golwg, ymddangosiad
shape, form
Synonyms: ffurf, llun, siâp
manner, mode
Synonyms: dull, modd
condition
Synonym: cyflwr
(computing, in compounds) -ware

Derived terms

agwedd (“attitude”)
anwedd (“vapour”)
arwedd (“feature”)
cadarnwedd (“firmware”)
caledwedd (“hardware”)
cerfwedd (“relief”)
gweddaidd (“becoming, seeply”)
gweddol (“fairly well, not bad”)
gweddu (“to befit, to suit”)
gweddus (“fitting, becoming”)
llorwedd (“horizontal”)
llunwedd (“form, figure”)
maleiswedd (“malware”)
meddalwedd (“software”)
nodwedd (“feature, characteristic”)
pryd a gwedd (“physical appearance”)
rhinwedd (“virtue”)
tirwedd (“landscape”)
trawsnewidiad gwedd (“phase transition”)
unwedd (“identical, the same”)
ysbïwedd (“spyware”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“bind, secure”). Cognate with Old Irish fedan (“act of carrying”) and English wed.

Noun

gwedd f (plural gweddoedd)

yoke
team (of draught animals)
gwedd o ychen ― a team of oxen

Derived terms

gweddau (“traces, draught harness”)
gweddu (“to be yoked”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gwedd*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwedd	wedd	ngwedd	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwedd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies