gwely

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwölɨɣ, ultimately a combination of Proto-Indo-European *upo + *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”), but the intermediate pathway is disputed.

• GPC goes with Proto-Celtic *uɸo-legyom.
• Schrijver thinks this word is a paradigmatic split-off from the oblique stem of *uɸolexs, with gwâl (“lair”) coming from the nominative singular.

Cognate with Breton gwele, Cornish gweli.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡwɛlɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡweːli/, /ˈɡwɛli/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɨ̞

Noun

gwely m (plural gwelyau or gwelâu)

1. bed

Derived terms

• cludwely (“litter”)
• gwely angau (“deathbed”)
• gwely bychan (“cot”)
• gwely plentyn (“crib”)
• mae mwy nag un ffordd i gael Wil i'w wely (“there's more than one way of getting something done”)
• ystafell wely (“bedroom”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwely

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwely	wely	ngwely	unchanged

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