lwyn

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /luːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /lʊi̯n/

Borrowed from Old French loigne or Middle English loyne, ultimately from Latin lumbus (“loin”).

lwyn f (plural lwynau, not mutable)

1. (anatomy) loins (of human being or animal)

   Synonym: ystlys

2. (cooking) loin
3. (figuratively, biblical)
   1. the loins as the part of the body about which the clothes were bound, a sword fastened, etc.
   2. the loins as the seat of physical strength and of generative power

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