dwyreiniol

Welsh

Etymology

From dwyrain (“east”) +‎ -ol.

Adjective

dwyreiniol (feminine singular dwyreiniol, plural dwyreiniol, equative mor ddwyreiniol, comparative mwy dwyreiniol, superlative mwyaf dwyreiniol)

1. eastern

Coordinate terms

• deheuol (“southern”)
• gogleddol (“northern”)
• gorllewinol (“western”)

Derived terms

• berwr dwyreiniol (“eastern rocket”)
• blodyn-y-cleddyf dwyreiniol (“eastern gladiolus”)
• cog ddwyreiniol (“oriental cuckoo”)
• colomen-graig ddwyreiniol (“eastern rock pigeon”)
• crëyr traethau dwyreiniol (“reef heron”)
• cwtiad-wennol dwyreiniol (“eastern collared pratincole”)
• delor cnau'r graig dwyreiniol (“eastern rock nuthatch”)
• ehedydd dwyreiniol (“oriental skylark”)
• gwennol glennydd ddwyreiniol (“eastern sand martin”)
• Gweriniaeth Ddwyreiniol Wrwgwái (“Oriental Republic of Uruguay”)
• gwylan ddwyreiniol y gweunydd (“eastern mew gull”)
• yr India Ddwyreiniol (“the East Indies”)
• llwyn-ehedydd dwyreiniol (“eastern singing bush lark”)
• llysiau'r llewpart dwyreiniol (“eastern leopard's-bane”)
• paladr-y-wal dwyreiniol (“eastern pellitory-of-the-wall”)
• pig-y-crëyr ddwyreiniol (“eastern stork's-bill”)
• telor cyrs dwyreiniol (“oriental reed warbler”)
• tylluan sgops ddwyreiniol (“oriental scops owl”)
• tylluan sgrech ddwyreiniol (“eastern screech owl”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dwyreiniol

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dwyreiniol	ddwyreiniol	nwyreiniol	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), “dwyreiniol”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dwyreiniol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies