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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• Rhymes: -aːd

Noun

gwlad f (plural gwledydd)

1. country, nation, realm, land
2. countryside

Usage notes

See "gwlad" in Wade-Evans's Welsh Medieval Law for its use in a pre-modern context.

Derived terms

• bardd gwlad (“(uneducated) country poet”)
• canu gwlad (“country music”)
• estynwlad (“panhandle”)
• Gwlad Belg (“Belgium”)
• Gwlad Groeg (“Greece”)
• gwlad heb iaith, gwlad heb genedl (“land without a language, land without a nation”)
• Gwlad Pwyl (“Poland”)
• Gwlad Thai (“Thailand”)
• Gwlad y Basg (“Basque Country”)
• Gwlad yr Addewid (“Promised Land”)
• Gwlad yr Haf (“Somerset”)
• Gwlad yr Iâ (“Iceland”)
• Gwlad yr Iorddonen (“Jordan”)
• gwladaidd (“rustic”)
• gwladfa (“colony”)
• gwladol (“national”)
• gwladwr (“peasant”)
• gwladychu (“to rule”)
• gwledig (“rural”)
• Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (“Land of My Fathers (Welsh national anthem)”)
• Pencampwriaeth y Chwe Gwlad (“Six Nations Championship”)
• rhyngwladol (“international”)

 

Related terms

• gwaladr, gwâl

Mutation

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

References

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