lliw

Welsh

Picture dictionary

lliw

coch

oren

melyn

gwyrdd

glas

fioled

du

brown

llwyd

gwyn

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Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯
• Homophone: llyw (South Wales)

Noun

lliw m (plural lliwiau)

1. colour
2. paint, dye, colouring

Derived terms

• arlliw (“shade, hue”)
• cochliw (“ruddy”)
• cuddliw, ffugliw (“camouflage”)
• lliwio (“to colour, to dye”)
• lliwiog (“coloured, dyed”)
• minlliw (“lipstick”)
• rhosliw (“rosy”)
• trilliw (“tricolour”)

 

Related terms

• lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)

Mutation

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