llygwyn

Welsh

Llygwyn culddail

Llygwyn arfor

Llygwyn llwydwyn

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəɡwɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬəɡwɪn/

Noun

llygwyn m (uncountable)

1. orache, Atriplex

   Synonyms: eurllys, y ddiflas, (folk etymology) llew gwyn

Derived terms

• brychan llygwyn (“Dark Spinach, Pelurga comitata”)
  • gwyfyn llygwyn (“Orache Moth, Trachea atriplicis”)
  • llew gwyn (“(garden) orache, Atriplex (hortensis)”)
  • llwyn llygwyn (“shrubby orache, Atriplex halimus”)
  • llygeidiog llygwyn (“Goosefoot owlet, Scythris limbella”)
  • llygwyn arfor (“grass-leaved orache, Atriplex littoralis”)
  • llygwyn ariannaid (“frosted orache, Atriplex lacinata”)
  • llygwyn Awstralia (“Australian orache, Atriplex suberecta”)
  • llygwyn Babington (“Babington's orache, Atriplex glabriuscula”)
  • llygwyn culddail (“common orache, Atriplex patula”)
  • llygwyn culddail ymledol (“common orache, Atriplex patula”)
  • llygwyn ffrwythau coesynnog (“pedunculate sea-purslane, Atriplex pedunculata”)
  • llygwyn ffrwythau had garw (“bugseed, Corispermum leptopterum”)
  • llygwyn hirgoes (“long-stalked orache, Atriplex longipes”)
  • llygwyn Kattegat (“Kattegat orache, Atriplex × gustafssoniana”)
  • llygwyn llwydwyn (“sea-purslane, Atriplex portulacoides”)
  • llygwyn llyswyddaidd (“sea-purslane, Atriplex portulacoides”)
  • llygwyn Taschereau (“Taschereau's orache, Atriplex × taschereaui”)
  • llygwyn trionglog (“spear-leaved orache, Atriplex prostrata”)
  • llygwyn tryfal (“spear-leaved orache, Atriplex prostrata”)
  • llygwyn tryferddail syth (“common orache, Atriplex patula”)
  • llygwyn y morfa (“grass-leaved orache, Atriplex littoralis”)
  • llygwyn y tywod (“Babington's orache, Atriplex glabriuscula”)
  • llygwyn yr ardd (“gardeb orache, Atriplex hortensis”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llygwyn	lygwyn	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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