chwydd

From Middle Welsh chwyd, from Proto-Brythonic *hwuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *swēdus; cognate with Old Irish síad.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /χuːɨ̯ð/, /χwɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /χʊi̯ð/, /χwiːð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʍiːð/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ð, -ɨːð

chwydd m (plural chwyddau, not mutable)

1. swelling (anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body)

• chwydd y gwddf (“goitre”)
• chwyddo (“to swell”)
• llostchwydd (“priapism”)

• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 132
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies