nwy

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun
n&U19&nwiimw

 m

  1. (uncountable) water
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 83–86:
      aHaa
      n      		 D&d n
      f      		 n&A1 nm&a inin
      t W      		 zp y
      n      		 D&z nDsA1
      nm&a inin
      t      		 wriw
      N23 Z1      		 p
      n
      n      		 M14wrr
      N36      		 n
      t y      		 Aa16Z1f
      y      		 mn&U19&nwiimw
      ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j (j)n-mj jn tw zpwj snwj nḏs (j)n-mj jn tw r jw pn n(j) wꜣḏ-wr ntj gs(wj).fj m nwy
      Then he said to me,
      ―Who brought you, who brought you, little man? Who brought you to this island of the sea, both of whose sides are in the water?

(Possibly:)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 149.

Middle English

Noun

nwy

  1. Alternative form of noy

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a conjectured element *ny- (“spreading”) + gwy (“fluid”).[1]

Noun

nwy m (plural nwyon, not mutable)

  1. (physics) gas (state of matter)
Derived terms
  • nwy dagrau m (“tear gas”)
  • nwy naturiol m (“natural gas”)
  • nwyeiddio (“gasify”, verb)
  • nwyol (“gaseous”, adjective)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Numeral

nwy

  1. Nasal mutation of dwy.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dwy ddwy nwy 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), “nwy”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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