piws

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English puce, from French puce (“flea”), from Latin pūlex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪu̯s/

Adjective

piws (feminine singular piws, plural piws, not comparable)

  1. puce (brownish purple)
    Synonyms: glasgoch, gwineugoch

Derived terms

  • adeinbiws (“purple-winged”)
  • gyddfbiws (“purple-throated”)
  • talcenbiws (“purple-foreheaded”)
  • torbiws (“purple-bellied”)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of piws
radical soft nasal aspirate
piws biws mhiws phiws

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