gwastad

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwastat, from Proto-Brythonic *gwostad (whence Breton goustad), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostatos (whence Old Irish fossad (“stationary, fixed”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwasdad/, [ˈɡwastad]
  • Rhymes: -asdad

Adjective

gwastad (feminine singular gwastad, plural gwastad, equative mor wastad, comparative mwy gwastad, superlative mwyaf gwastad)

  1. flat, level, smooth
  2. consistent

Noun

gwastad m (plural gwastadoedd or gwastadau or gwastadion)

  1. plain, a flat area of land

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwastad wastad ngwastad unchanged
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), “gwastad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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