lwyn

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /luːɨ̯n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /lʊi̯n/

Etymology 1

Noun

lwyn

1. Soft mutation of llwyn (“shrub”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwyn	lwyn	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French loigne or Middle English loyne, ultimately from Latin lumbus (“loin”).

Noun

lwyn f (plural lwynau, not mutable)

1. (anatomy) loins (of human being or animal)

   Synonym: ystlys

2. (cooking) loin
3. (figurative, biblical)
   1. the loins as the part of the body about which the clothes were bound, a sword fastened, etc.
   2. the loins as the seat of physical strength and of generative power

Alternative forms

• llwyn

Further reading

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