gaeaf

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɨ̯av/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɨ̯a/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡei̯av/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡei̯a/
• Rhymes: -eɨ̯av

From Middle Welsh gayaf, from Old Welsh gaem, from Proto-Celtic *gyemos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem-.

Celtic cognates include Cornish gwav, Breton goañv, Old Irish gam (Irish geimhreadh). Indo-European cognates include Latin hiems, Ancient Greek χεῖμα (kheîma), Old Church Slavonic зима (zima), Sanskrit हिम (hima).

gaeaf m (plural gaeafau or gaeafoedd)

1. winter

• berwr y gaeaf (“wintercress”)
• cynhaeaf (“harvest”)
• byrddydd gaeaf, heuldro'r gaeaf (“winter solstice”)
• gaeafgwsg (“hibernation”)
• gaeafgysgu (“to hibernate”)

gaeaf

1. Soft mutation of caeaf.