mynydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mynyð, from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos (compare Cornish menydh, Breton menez), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”) (compare Latin mōns).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɨ̞ð/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈmənɪð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈməni/, /ˈmɪni/
• Rhymes: -ənɨ̞ð

Noun

mynydd m (plural mynyddoedd)

1. (geography) mountain, large hill
2. (figuratively) large pile, great amount
3. common, unenclosed land, mountain land, moorland; agricultural land; plain
4. (palmistry) mount

Derived terms

• bronrhuddyn y mynydd (“brambling”)
• golfan y mynydd (“tree sparrow”)
• gwneud môr a mynydd (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”)
• i fyny (“up”)
• llwyd y mynydd (“alpine accentor”)
• mieri'r mynydd (“cloudberries”)
• mynydda (“to climb mountains”)
• mynyddig (“mountainous”)
• Penmynydd (“village in Anglesey”)
• rhedyn y mynydd (“parsley ferns”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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