golau
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See also: goláu
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh goleu, from Proto-Brythonic *gwoluɣʉ,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Cornish golow and Breton gouloù.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlaɨ̯/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlɛ/, /ˈɡɔla/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːlai̯/, /ˈɡɔlai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːlɛ/, /ˈɡɔlɛ/
Adjective
golau (feminine singular golau, plural goleuon, equative goleued, comparative goleuach, superlative goleuaf)
Derived terms
- celwydd golau (“white lie”)
Noun
golau m (plural goleuau or goleuon)
Derived terms
- blwyddyn golau (“ light year”)
- golau blaen (“headlight”)
- golau ôl (“rear light”)
- golau pen (“headlamp, lamp worn on head”)
- goleuad (“light source”)
- goleudy (“lighthouse”)
- goleuni (“illumination”)
- goleuo (“to illuminate”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 vi
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