Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From chwydd (swelling)-o.

Verb

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chwyddo (first-person singular present chwyddaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to swell, to inflate
    Mae ei braich yn chwyddo.
    Her arm is swelling.
    Mae hi'n chwyddo'r balŵn.
    She inflates the balloon.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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chwyddo

  1. Aspirate mutation of cwyddo (to descend).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cwyddo
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwyddo gwyddo nghwyddo chwyddo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 132
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwyddo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies