canwraidd

Welsh

Etymology

From can (“hundred”) +‎ gwraidd (“root”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanwrai̯ð/

Noun

canwraidd f (uncountable)

1. Persicaria (genus within the family Polygonaceae which includes knot-grass, mugwort, smartweeds and pinkweeds)

   Synonym: tinboeth

Derived terms

• canwraidd Alpaidd (“Alpine knotweed (P. alpina”)
• canwraidd America (“American tear-thumb (P. sagittata”)
• canwraidd bengoch (“amphibious bistort (P. amphibia”)
• canwraidd fach (“lesser knotweed (P. campanulata”)
• canwraidd goch (“red bistort (P. amplexicaulis”)
• canwraidd goch (“amphibious bistort (P. amphibia”)
• canwraidd goesgoch (“redshank (P. maculosa”)
• canwraidd Himalaiaidd (“Himalayan knotweed (P. wallichii”)
• canwraidd lwyd (“mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)”)
• canwraidd Nepal (“Nepal persicaria (P. nepalensis”)
• canwraidd rosliw (“pinkweed (P. pensylvanica”)
• canwraidd Tsieina (“Chinese knotweed (P. weyrichii”)
• canwraidd wlanog (“soft knotweed (P. mollis”)
• canwraidd y dom (“pale persicaria (P. lapathifolia”)
• canwraidd y dŵr (“amphibious bistort (P. amphibia”)
• canwraidd y mynydd (“Alpine persicaria (P. vivipara”)
• chwysigen y ganwraidd (“bistort blister (Microbotryum pustulatum”)
• rhwd arian y ganwraidd (“bistort silver rust (Microbotryum marginale”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of canwraidd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
canwraidd	ganwraidd	nghanwraidd	chanwraidd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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