gŵydd

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡuːɨ̯ð/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡʊi̯ð/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh gwyð, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *weidos, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”); cognate with Old Irish fíad (“in front of, in the presence of”). ==== Noun ==== gŵydd m (uncountable) presence, face === Etymology 2 === From Middle Welsh guit, from Proto-Celtic *gezdā; cognate with Breton gwaz, Cornish goodh, Middle Irish géd (Irish gé). ==== Noun ==== gŵydd f (plural gwyddau) goose (grazing waterfowl) (figuratively) simpleton tailor's goose, goose iron rod connecting each of the cradle-teeth of a scythe to the stock and acting as a support ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle Welsh gwyð, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) and thus related to gwŷdd (“trees”). ==== Adjective ==== gŵydd (feminine singular gŵydd, plural gŵydd, equative gŵydded, comparative gŵyddach, superlative gŵyddaf) wild, savage, uncultivated, woody === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gŵydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies