llewyg

Welsh

Etymology

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Noun

llewyg m or f (plural llewygon or llewygion or llewygau)

1. faint, swoon

   Synonyms: llesmair, llewygfa, ffeintiad, gloes

2. pang, qualm (sickly feeling)

   Synonyms: gwasgfa, gwayw, pang

3. trance, ecstasy

   Synonyms: perlewyg, ecstasi

4. weakness

   Synonym: gwendid

Derived terms

• glaslewyg (“fainting fit”)
• gloes(ion) llewyg (“epilepsy”)
• llewyg byrbwyll (“apoplexy”)
• llewyg marwol (“stroke; seizure”)
• llewyg y blaidd (“hop; lupin”)
• llewyg y chwain (“fleabane”)
• llewyg y llau (“stavesacre”)
• llewyg y llyngr (“stinking hellebore”)
• llewyg yr iâr (“henbane”)
• llewygfa (“faint, swoon”)
• llewyglyd (“faint, sickly”)
• llewygu (“to faint”)
• marwllewyg (“dead faint”)
• perlewyg (“trance”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of llewyg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llewyg	lewyg	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

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