mynydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mynyð, from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɨ̞ð/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɪð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈməni/, /ˈmɪni/
Rhymes: -ənɨ̞ð

Noun

mynydd m (plural mynyddoedd)

(geography) mountain, large hill
(figuratively) large pile, great amount
common, unenclosed land, mountain land, moorland; agricultural land; plain
(palmistry) mount

Derived terms

bronrhuddyn y mynydd (“brambling”)
golfan y mynydd (“tree sparrow”)
gwneud môr a mynydd (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”)
i fyny (“up”)
llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
mieri'r mynydd (“cloudberries”)
mynydda (“to climb mountains”)
mynyddig (“mountainous”)
Penmynydd (“village in Anglesey”)
rhedyn y mynydd (“parsley ferns”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mynydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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