tlawd

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • tylawd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tlawt, from Proto-Brythonic *tlọd, from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Middle Irish tláith (“weak”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tlau̯d/
  • Rhymes: -au̯d

Adjective

tlawd (feminine singular tlawd, plural tlodion, equative tloted, comparative tlotach, superlative tlotaf)

  1. poor, needy, destitute
    Synonyms: llwm, truan, anghenus

Derived terms
  • tlodaidd (“inferior, shabby”)
  • tlodi (“poverty; to impoverish”)
  • tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
  • tlotyn (“pauper”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tlawd dlawd nhlawd thlawd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tlāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tlawd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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