dryw

Welsh

Pronunciation

Usage notes

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Etymology 1

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).[1][2]

Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).

Dryw

Noun

dryw m or f by sense (plural drywod)

  1. wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)[3]
    Synonyms: dryw bach, chwynnwr, powlin bach, pompen
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryw ddryw nryw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Derived terms
  • dryw eurben (“goldcrest”)
  • hela'r dryw (“hunting the wren”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh dryw, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun

dryw m (plural drywon)

  1. druid, seer
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dryw ddryw nryw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

dryw m

  1. Soft mutation of tryw.
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tryw dryw nhryw thryw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dryw”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page dàir.
  3. Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 183
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