gwyrdd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwyrð, from Old Welsh guird, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨrð, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gwyrdd (feminine singular gwerdd, plural gwyrddion, equative gwyrdded, comparative gwyrddach, superlative gwyrddaf)

  1. green

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwyrdd wyrdd ngwyrdd unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also
Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled, rhuddlas; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn
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