bywyd

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *bɨwöd, from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts (compare Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Latin vīta, Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos), Old Church Slavonic, животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbəu̯ɨ̞d/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəu̯ɪd/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbou̯ɪd/ Rhymes: -əu̯ɨ̞d === Noun === bywyd m (plural bywydau or bywydoedd) life, existence; liveliness, zest lifetime, course of life living, livelihood, sustenance wealth, income reward, gift ==== Derived terms ==== bywyd llonydd (“still life”) bywydog (“stonecrop”) ==== Related terms ==== byw (“alive, living”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “life”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bywyd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “bywyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies Definition from the BBC.