cwyn

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • cŵyn

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- (“to lament; complain”), see also Proto-Germanic *kwainōną (“to lament”), Old Irish cóine (“complaint”), Breton keina.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cwyn m or f (plural cwynion or cwynau)

  1. complaint

Derived terms

Verb

cwyn

  1. third-person singular present of cwyno
  2. second-person singular imperative of cwyno

Alternative forms

  • cwyna (both forms)

Usage notes

  • The soft and aspirate mutations are written as gŵyn and chŵyn respectively, in order to clarify the pronunciation, distinguishing them from gwyn and chwyn.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cwyn
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwyn gŵyn△ nghwyn chŵyn△

△Irregular.

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

References

  1. ^ Transactions of the Philological Society. (1860). United Kingdom: Blackwell Publ., p. 219
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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