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llygad.

eye

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɬəɡad/colloquial, standard/ˈɬɨ̞ɡad/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈɬɪɡad/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. eye

    feminine
  2. seam of slate

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh llygat, from Old Welsh licat, from Proto-Brythonic *llugad, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to see”). Cognate with Cornish lagas (“eye”), Breton lagad (“eye”), Sanskrit लोचन (locana, “eye”)

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