llwyf

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llwyfen, from Proto-Brythonic *lluɨβ̃, from a variant *lēmos of Proto-Celtic *limos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).

Noun

llwyf f (singulative llwyfen)

1. elm trees

Derived terms

• brith llwyf (“clouded magpie moth”)
• clustiau'r llwyf (“tripe fungus”)
• erwain dail llwyfen (“elm-leaved spiraea”)
• gele'r llwyf (“elm leech mushroom”)
• llwyf Ewropeaidd (“European white-elm”)
• llwyf Huntingdon (“Huntingdon elm”)
• llwyf Lloegr (“English elm”)
• llwyf llydandail (“wych elm”)
• llwyf manddail (“small-leaved elm”)
• llwyf yr Iseldiroedd (“Dutch elm”)
• llwyfen Plot (“Plot's elm”)
• melyn y llwyf (“dusky lemon sallow moth”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llwyf

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