Welsh

llwyn

Noun

llwyn m ‎(diminutive llwynyn, plural llwynau or llwyni or llwynydd)

1. bush, shrub, brake, thicket
   1. copse, grove, arbor
   2. woods, forest
   3. (especially in love poetry) the traditional rendezvous of lovers, symbol of love or romance
2. any bushy growth
3. (figuratively) family, issue, offspring, descendants; a number of persons, company
4. sacred pole, 'grove'

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French loigne or Middle English loyne.

Noun

llwyn m, f (plural llwynau or llwyni)

1. 1. (anatomy) loins (of human being or animal)
   2. loin (part of animal considered as table joint)
2. 1. the loins as the part of the body about which the clothes were bound, a sword fastened, etc.
   2. the loins as the seat of physical strength and of generative power

Alternative forms

• lwyn

Mutation

References

• “llwyn” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.