gwellt

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwellt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwellt, from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltā.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡweːɬd/, [ɡweːɬt]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɛɬd/, [ɡwɛɬt]
• Rhymes: -ɛɬd

Noun

gwellt m (collective, singulative gwelltyn)

1. grass

   Synonym: glaswellt

2. straw

Derived terms

• arwyddwellt (“signalgrass”)
• barfwellt (“beardgrass”)
• breichwellt (“tor-grass”)
• brigwellt, cribwellt (“hairgrass”)
• byswellt (“fingergrass, cocksfoot”)
• caledwellt (“hardgrass”)
• ceirchwellt (“oatgrass”)
• cibogwellt (“cockspur, bristlegrass”)
• clymwellt (“limegrass”)
• cordwellt (“cordgrass”)
• corswellt (“reedgrass”)
• crydwellt (“quaking grass”)
• cwpanwellt (“ cupgrass”)
• cynffonwellt (“foxtail”)
• eiddilwellt (“sandgrass”)
• ffaldwellt (“yardgrass”)
• glaswellt (“grass”)
• gwellt y bwla (“Molinia”)
• gwellt y gamlas (“grasswrack”)
• gwellt y morfa (“salt marsh grass”)
• gwellta (“to gather straw”)
• gwenithwellt (“ferngrass”)
• gweunwellt (“meadowgrass”)
• gwrychwellt (“sandbur”)
• hadwellt (“dropseed”)
• heiddwellt (“wood barley”)
• llwydwellt (“moorgrass”)
• maeswellt (“bent”)
• marchwellt (“couchgrass”)
• maswellt (“softgrass”)
• meligwellt (“melick”)
• melyswellt (“sweetgrass”)
• miledwellt (“milletgrass, wood millet”)
• neddwellt (“nitgrass”)
• pawrwellt (“brome”)
• pefrwellt (“canary grass”)
• peisgwellt (“fescue”)
• peithwellt (“pampas grass”)
• perwellt (“vernal grass”)
• plufwellt (“needle-grass”)
• rhonwellt (“timothy, cat's-tail”)
• rhygwellt (“ryegrass”)
• serchwellt (“lovegrass”)
• sidanwellt (“silky bent”)
• to gwellt (“ thatched roof”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwellt

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwellt	wellt	ngwellt	unchanged

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwellt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies