gardd

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh garð, from Old Norse garðr (“enclosed space, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“court, yard, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”). Cognate with English yard, garden.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡarð/, /ɡaːrð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡarð/
• Rhymes: -arð

Noun

gardd f (plural gerddi)

1. garden

Derived terms

• dryw'r ardd (“house wren”)
• gardd fotaneg (“botanical garden”)
• garddio (“to garden”)
• garddwr (“gardener”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gardd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gardd	ardd	ngardd	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “garden”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gardd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gardd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies