dwyflwydd

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dyflwydd

Etymology

dwy- (“two”) +‎ blwydd (“year (of age)”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊɨ̯vlʊɨ̯ð/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdəvlʊɨ̯ð/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊi̯vlʊi̯ð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdəvlʊi̯ð/

Adjective

dwyflwydd (feminine singular dwyflwydd, plural dwyflwydd, not comparable)

1. two years old
   • 2004 July 19, BBC Cymru - Newyddion‎^[1]:

     Cafodd cig gwartheg dros ddwyflwydd a hanner oed ei wahardd rhag mynd i'r gadwyn fwyd wyth mlynedd yn ôl.

     Meat from cattle over two and a half years old was banned from entering the food chain eight years ago.

   • 2015 May 7, Golwg 360‎^[2]:

     Symudodd yno i fyw at ei nain gyda’i frawd hŷn pan oedd yn bedair oed ar ôl iddyn nhw golli eu mam. Roedd ei chwaer wyth mis oed wedi cael cartref gyda modryb yn Wrecsam, a’i frawd dyflwydd a hanner gyda modryb yn Winchester.

     He moved there to live with his grandmother with his older brother when he was four years old after they lost their mother. His eight month old sister had found a home with an aunt in Wrexham, and his two and a half year old brother with an aunt in Winchester.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dwyflwydd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dwyflwydd	ddwyflwydd	nwyflwydd	unchanged

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