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blewyn

(hwn) noun masculine (blew)
in English is:

bristle

,

hair

,

whisker

,

blade of grass

Mutations

Soft:flewyn
Nasal:mlewyn
Aspirate:(no mutation)

Use

y blewyn hwn
fy mlewyn i
dy flewyn di
ei flewyn ef/o
ei blewyn hi
ein blewyn ni
eich blewyn chi
eu blewyn nhw/hwy
yr un blewyn
y ddau flewyn cyflym*
y tri blewyn pell*
y pedwar blewyn tawel*
y pum blewyn bach*
y chwe blewyn da*
y saith blewyn glân*
yr wyth blewyn llawn*
y naw blewyn mawr*
y deg blewyn rhyfedd*

* These adjectives were chosen based on their initial letter in order to demostrate their mutations, and therefore their meaning will not make sense after some nouns!

Phrases (16)
achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn
penny wise and pound foolish
blewyn da
blewyn glas
cystal bob blewyn
every bit as good as
di-flewyn-ar-dafod

candid

,

downright

,

forthright

,

outright

ffoligl blewyn
anatomy
hair follicle
heb droi blewyn
without turning a hair
heb flewyn ar dafod:yn ddi-flewyn-ar-dafod:heb flewyn ar fy (dy, ei, a.y.b.) nhafod

articulately

,

candidly

, fair and square,

forthrightly

,

roundly

i drwch blewyn:i drwch y blewyn
to within a whisker
i’r blewyn
to a T
mae blewyn mul arno
o drwch blewyn
by a hair’s breadth, by a whisker
o fewn trwch blewyn
within a hair’s breadth
o flewyn i flewyn yr â'r pen yn foel
tynnu blewyn cwta
to draw the short straw
tynnu blewyn o drwyn (rhywun):tynnu blewyn o’m (o’th, o’i, a.y.b.) trwyn

to antagonize

, to rattle someone’s cage
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