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clywed.

to hear

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkləwɛd/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈkləwad/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈkləwɛd/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈklɪu̯ɛd/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. to hear

    ambitransitive
  2. to listen

    ambitransitive · obsolete
  3. to identify or receive impressions through the senses (excluding sight) to feel

    ambitransitive · dialectal
  4. to identify or receive impressions through the senses (excluding sight) to smell

    ambitransitive · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh clywet, from Proto-Brythonic *klüwid, from Proto-Celtic *klusīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

noun/ˈkləwɛd/North-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈkləwad/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈkləwɛd/South-Wales, colloquial, standard/ˈklɪu̯ɛd/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. hearing; the ability to hear; the act of hearing; reaching ear

    ambitransitive · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh clywet, from Proto-Brythonic *klüwid, from Proto-Celtic *klusīti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

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