dwyrain

Welsh

Etymology

Verb-noun of dwyre (“rise into view”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊɨ̯rain/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊɨ̯rɛn/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊi̯rain/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊi̯rɛn/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯rain

Noun

dwyrain m (uncountable)

1. east (abbreviation: Dn)
2. (as y Dwyrain) the Orient

Antonyms

• gorllewin

Derived terms

• de-ddwyrain (“south-east”)
• Dwyrain Almaen (“East Germany”)
• Dwyrain Canol (“the Middle East”)
• Dwyrain Timor (“East Timor”)
• dwyreiniol (“eastern, oriental”)
• dwyreiniwr (“an Easterner, an Oriental”)
• dwyreinwynt (“east wind”)
• gogledd-ddwyrain (“north-east”)
• sbriws y Dwyrain (“oriental spruces”)
• y Dwyrain Agos (“the Near East”)
• y Dwyrain Pell (“the Far East”)

Mutation

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

See also

• (compass points)

gogledd-orllewin	gogledd	gogledd-ddwyrain
gorllewin		dwyrain
de-orllewin	de	de-ddwyrain

References

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