gwlad

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh gwlat, from Old Welsh gulat, from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”); from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wélh₁tis ~ *h₂wl̥h₁téy-, from the root *h₂welh₁-. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwlaːd/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwlaːd/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡlaːd/ Rhymes: -aːd === Noun === gwlad f (plural gwledydd) country, nation, realm, land countryside ==== Usage notes ==== See "gwlad" in Wade-Evans's Welsh Medieval Law for its use in a pre-modern context. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gwaladr, gwâl === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwlad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies