bywyd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bïwïd, from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts (compare Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha), probably from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Latin vīta, Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos), Old Church Slavonic, животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”), compare *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbəu̯ɨ̞d/
(South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbəu̯ɪd/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈbou̯ɪd/

Noun

bywyd m (plural bywydau or bywydoedd)

1. life, existence; liveliness, zest
2. lifetime, course of life
1. living, livelihood, sustenance
2. wealth, income
3. reward, gift

Mutation

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

Related terms

byw

References

Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “bywyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Definition from the BBC.

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