clust

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *klʉst, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klʉst/

Noun

clust f (plural clusteu)

1. ear
   • 14th century, anonymous author, translated by Charlotte Guest, edited by R. L. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series; vol. I), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1980, page 1, lines 20–22:

     Sef lliw oed arnunt, claerwyn llathreit, ac eu clusteu yn gochyon. Ac ual y llathrei wynnet y cwn, y llathrei cochet y clusteu.

     For their hair was of a brilliant shining white, and their ears were red; and as the whiteness of their bodies shone, so did the redness of their ears glisten.

Descendants

• Welsh: clust

Mutation

Mutated forms of clust

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clust	glust	clust / chlust pronounced with /ŋ̊-/	chlust

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

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Etymology

From Middle Welsh clust, from Proto-Brythonic *klʉst, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /klɨːsd/, [klɨːst]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /klɪsd/, [klɪst]
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞sd

Noun

clust f (plural clustiau)

1. (anatomy) ear

   Synonym: (obsolete) ysgyfarn

2. (footwear) tongue

Derived terms

• bonclust (“cuff on the ear”)
• clust y llygoden (“mouse-ear hawkweed, mouse-ear chickweed”)
• clust ysgyfarnog (“hare's ear”)
• clustffon (“earphone, headphone”)
• clustgap (“earmuff”)
• clustiau pinc (“salmon salad fungus”)
• clustiog (“eared, having ears”)
• clustlws (“earring”)
• clustlys (“earwort”)
• clustnod (“earmark”)
• clustnodi (“to earmark”)
• clustog (“cushion, pillow”)
• cochi at y clustiau (“to blush to the ears”)
• cogwrn clust (“cochlea”)
• poen clust (“earache”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clust

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clust	glust	nghlust	chlust

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “ear”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clust”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “clust”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies