"Glaswellt gwyrdd."

Translation: Green grass.

[Lundgren8]

It’s funny since glaswellt already consists of glas (blue/green) and gwellt (grass).

[Krestazza]

It's the same in Scots Gaelic - they have virtually no word for green (if i'm not mistaken), you infer green or blue depending on the context. Must be a Celtic thing...

[Anneke69]

Yes I thought it funny too.

Glas could be grue (or bleen perhaps?) as in this interesting article: http://www.economist.com/node/8548630

[Lundgren8]

I refer to this paragraph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_of_blue_and_green_in_various_languages#Celtic

[KannasanAweyl]

In Cornish grass is always described as being glas. I thought the same was true of Welsh, obviously not

[Lundgren8]

Welsh does not make that distinction anymore, but since Cornish has been revived it’s possible that they revived the distinction I suppose.

Edit: According to French Wiktionary, Breton still makes the distinction as well. Did not know that.

[SigurdS]

Irish also uses "glas" for "green" (and "gorm" for blue)

[Mr_Jayde]

This is definitely one of the most difficult phrases I've had to say.

[isaac.toth]

agreed

[AngharadJones0]

What is gwair

[Mwsogl]

It is another word for grass, but more often used for hay (which is dried grass, of course).

[samstyan99]

Does 'wellt' have a meaning by itself?

[Mwsogl]

The word "gwellt" means grass, straw or hay. (It drops the "g" when forming the compound word with "glas". So "glaswellt" is "blue/green grass". "Glasswellt gwyrdd" is therefore overkill and I think you'd only use the phrase if the grass was particularly luscious and green.

[SpaghettiCorgi]

This is kind of redundant.

[WilliamRossTyler]

I agree with mwsogl. Both my dictionaries, 1958 and 1960, list glaswellt as meaning green grass. I have never heard or seen the phrase glaswellt gwyrdd. It is nonsensical.

[spydre_byte]

If this is south Wales welsh, then porfa should be used really shouldn't it? I always learned that glaswellt was a north Wales term.