gwastad

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh gwastat, from Proto-Brythonic *gwostad (whence Breton goustad), from Proto-Celtic *uɸostatos (whence Old Irish fossad (“stationary, fixed”)).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

gwastad (feminine singular gwastad, plural gwastad, equative mor wastad, comparative mwy gwastad, superlative mwyaf gwastad)

  1. flat, level, smooth
  2. consistent

Noun[edit]

gwastad m (plural gwastadoedd or gwastadau or gwastadion)

  1. plain, a flat area of land

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

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