bywyd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bɨwöd, from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts (compare Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Latin vīta, Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos), Old Church Slavonic, животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbəu̯ɨ̞d/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəu̯ɪd/
  • Rhymes: -əu̯ɨ̞d

Noun

bywyd m (plural bywydau or bywydoedd)

  1. life, existence; liveliness, zest
  2. lifetime, course of life
    Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd.
    Do the little things in life.
  3. living, livelihood, sustenance
  4. wealth, income
  5. reward, gift

Derived terms

  • byw (“alive, living”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bywyd
radical soft nasal aspirate
bywyd fywyd mywyd 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), “life”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bywyd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bywyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Definition from the BBC.
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