gwadn

== Welsh == === Etymology === === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡwadn/, [ˈɡwadn̩] (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwadan/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwa(ː)dan/ === Noun === gwadn m or f (plural gwadnau) sole (of foot, shoe or sock) insole Synonym: mewnwadn tread (of a tyre) sharebeam, ploughhead (of a plough) (figurative) foundation, basis Synonyms: sylfaen, sail, growndwal, gwaelod, bôn ==== Derived terms ==== ar ei wadn (“on one's feet”) gwadn coed (“clog”) gwadn aradr, gwadn penffestr (“sharebeam, ploughhead”) gwadnu (“to sole”) llunio’r (g)wadn fel bo’r troed (“to cut the coat according to the cloth”, literally “to fashion the sole according to the foot”) mewnwadn (“insole”) o wadn y troed hyd y corun, o wadn y troed hyd y pen (“from head to toe”) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwadn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwadn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies