gwystl

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *guɨstl, from Proto-Celtic *gēstlos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeys-tlo-, from *gʰeydʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨ̞sdl/, [ˈɡwɨ̞stl̩ˠ]
  • (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡʊi̯sdl/, [ˈɡʊi̯stl̩], /ɡwɪsdl/, [ˈɡwɪstl̩]
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊi̯sdɪl/, [ˈɡʊi̯stɪl], /ˈɡwɪsdɪl/, [ˈɡʊi̯stɪl]

Noun

gwystl m (plural gwystlon)


  1. pledge, assurance, security, surety, guarantee, earnest, gage, pawn
  2. hostage
  3. wager, stake, bet
  4. mortgage

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwystl wystl ngwystl unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

    Further reading
    • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “gwystl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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