gwyn

See also: gwŷn, gŵyn, and Gwyn

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡwiːn]

Noun

gwyn m

1. alternative form of gwin

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• guinn, guin, gwynn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

Adjective

gwyn

1. white
   • c. 1300, Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin, page 29, line 12:

     ...llwdyn gwyn a wnaeth iessu.

     ...a white lamb that has been made by Jesus.

2. blessed
   • c. 1300, Taliesin, The Book of Taliesin, page 15, lines 24–26:

     Gwyn eu byt wy gymry pan adrodynt, ryn gwarawt y trindawt or trallawt gynt.

     Blessed be the Welsh when they shall say, 'the Trinity delivered us from our former trouble.'

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gwỳn, gwynn (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwyn, gwynn, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *windos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɨ̞n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞n

Adjective

gwyn (feminine singular gwen, plural gwynion, equative gwynned, comparative gwynnach, superlative gwynnaf)

1. white
2. blessed

Derived terms

• bore gwyn (“early morning”)
• du a gwyn (“black and white; piebald”)
• gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw (“a parent does not see the faults of his or her own child”)
• gwynder (“whiteness”)
• gwyniad (“(a species of fish native to Bala Lake in Wales)”)
• gwynnu (“to whiten”)
• tyngu'r du yn wyn (“to swear black is white”)
• y Berwyn
• y wermod wen (“feverfew”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwyn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwyn	wyn	ngwyn	unchanged

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

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn