gloyw

See also: Gloyw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gluɨw, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-. Cognate with Old Breton gloeu, Old Irish glé.

Adjective

gloyw (feminine singular gloyw, plural gloywon, equative gloywed, comparative gloywach, superlative gloywaf)

  1. bright, brilliant

Derived terms
  • afloyw (“dull, matte, opaque”)
  • Caerloyw (“Gloucester”)
  • gloywder (“brightness”)
  • gloywedd (“shine, lustre”)
  • gloywi (“to brighten, to burnish; to clarify”)
  • tryloyw (“transparent”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gloyw loyw ngloyw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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