duw

From Proto-Celtic *deiwos (compare Irish dia), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

duw m (plural duwow)

1. god (male deity)

• (gender): duwes

• Duw

• “duw” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

• douw (Netherlands, informal)

• IPA^(key): /dyu̯/

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• Hyphenation: duw
• Rhymes: -yu̯

From duwen.

duw m (plural duwen, diminutive duwtje n)

1. a push

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duw

1. inflection of duwen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Middle Welsh duu, from Old Welsh duiu, from Proto-Brythonic *duɨw, from Proto-Celtic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /dɨu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞u̯

duw m (plural duwiau, feminine duwies)

1. god (male deity)

• annuwiol (“godless”, adjective)
• dwyfol (“divine”, adjective)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “duw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies