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gwyn

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See also: gwŷn and Gwyn

Cornish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gwyn m

  1. Alternative form of gwin

Middle Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

    Adjective

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    gwyn

    1. white
    2. blessed
      • c. 1300, Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin, page 15, lines 24—26:
        Gwyn eu byt wy gymry pan adrodynt, ryn gwarawt y trindawt or trallawt gynt.
        Blessed be the Welsh when they shall say, 'the Trinity delivered us from our former trouble.'

    Welsh

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Middle Welsh gwyn, gwynn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

      Adjective

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      gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)

      1. white
      1. blessed

      Pronunciation

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      Adjective

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      gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)

      1. white
      2. blessed

      Derived terms

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      Mutation

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      Mutated forms of gwyn
      radical soft nasal aspirate
      gwyn wyn ngwyn unchanged

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

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      Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
           gwyn      llwyd      du
                   coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
                   melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
                   gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
                   fioled, rhuddlas; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn