llanw

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”). See llawn.

Pronunciation

Noun

llanw m (plural llanwau)

  1. tide, flow, flood
  2. filler, filling, padding, ballast

Derived terms
  • amrediad llanw (“tidal range”)
  • eger llanw (“tidal bore”)
  • egni llanw (“tidal energy”)
  • gorlanw (“high tide”)
  • lagŵn llanw (“tidal lagoon”)
  • llanw a thrai (“ebb and flow”)
  • llanw bach (“neap tide”)
  • llanw mawr (“spring tide”)
  • llanw terfol (“rip tide”)
  • llanw uchel (“high tide”)
  • llenwi (“fill, fill up”, verb)
  • penllanw (“high tide”)
  • ton llanw (“tidal wave”)
  • ymchwydd yn y llanw (“tidal surge”)

Verb

llanw (first-person singular present llanwaf)

  1. (South Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of llenwi (“to fill, to fill up, to fill in”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llanw lanw unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llanw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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