gwrych

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Old Irish friuch (“boar's bristles”).

Noun

gwrych m (plural gwrychoedd)

1. hedge

   Synonyms: perth, clawdd

2. hedgerow

Noun

gwrych m (collective, singulative gwrychyn)

1. bristles

Derived terms

• coetrych
• gwrychell
• gwrychog, gwrychlyd (“bristly”)
• gwrychredyn (“shield ferns, sword ferns”)
• gwrychwellt (“sandbur”)
• llwyd y gwrych (“hedge sparrow, dunnock”)

Related terms

• gwreichion

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwrych

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwrych	wrych	ngwrych	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), “gwrych”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies