clawdd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *klādos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂dos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklaːu̯ð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯ð/

• Audio:

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Noun

clawdd m (plural cloddiau or cloddion)

1. soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
   1. boundary
   2. hedge, fence

      Synonym: gwrych

2. ditch, gutter, trench
   1. pit, quarry, mine
   2. moat, fosse

Derived terms

• arglawdd (“embankment”)
• Clawdd Offa (“Offa's Dyke”)
• cloddio (“to dig, to excavate”)
• cysgu fel clawdd (“to sleep like a log”)
• gweirglodd (“meadow”)
• morglawdd (“sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater”)
• mwynglawdd (“mine”)
• mynd i’r clawdd (“to fail”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clawdd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clawdd	glawdd	nghlawdd	chlawdd

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

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clawdd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “clawdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies