gwlad
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh gwlat, from Old Welsh gulat, from Proto-Brythonic *gwlad, from Proto-Celtic *wlatis (“sovereignty”); from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wélh₁tis ~ *h₂wl̥h₁téy-, from the root *h₂welh₁-.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwlaːd/
- (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwlaːd/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡlaːd/
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Usage notes
See "gwlad" in Wade-Evans's Welsh Medieval Law for its use in a pre-modern context.
Derived terms
- Gwlad Belg (“Belgium”)
- gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb genedl (“land without a language, land without a nation”)
- Gwlad yr Iâ (“Iceland”)
- Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
- gwledig
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