cawod

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cawat, from Proto-Celtic *kowotos (compare Cornish kowas, Breton kaouad),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“cold, rainy; north”);[2] compare Latin caurus (“northwestern wind”), Lithuanian šiáurė (“north”), Russian се́вер (séver, “north”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.ɔd/
  • Rhymes: -au̯ɔd

Noun

cawod f (plural cawodau or cawodydd)

  1. (meteorology) shower (short rainfall)
  2. (by extension) shower (bathing device, or an instance of using this device)
    Dw i'n mynd i gael cawod.
    I'm going to take a shower.
  3. (obsolete) swarm
    Synonym: haid
  4. (phytopathology) blight, mildew
    Synonyms: malltod, llwydni
  5. (dermatology, North Wales) rash (likened to splashes of a rainshower on skin)
    Synonyms: brech, tarddiant
  6. (medicine) fit or attack of sickness or pain
    Synonyms: pwl, plwc

Derived terms
  • cawodi (“to shower”)
  • cawod babi (“baby shower”)
  • y gawod goch (“rust, fungal disease of plants”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cawod gawod nghawod chawod
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cawod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Philomen Probert, Andreas Willi (2012) “10.6. MW cawad and the South-West British treatment of *-aua-”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, page 155
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