lliaws

Welsh

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “said by GPC to come from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“host, multitude”), but no PIE root with this sense on Wiktionary at time of writing”

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Noun

lliaws m or f

mob, crowd, host
Synonyms: llu, lluosydd, torf, tyrfa, ciwed, byddin
multitude, multiplicity, profusion, abundance
Synonyms: lluosogrwydd, helaethrywdd, amlder

Mutation

Mutated forms of *lliaws*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lliaws	liaws	unchanged	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), “lliaws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies