torllwyd

Welsh

Etymology

tor (“belly”) +‎ llwyd (“grey”).

Adjective

torllwyd (feminine singular torllwyd, plural torllwyd, not comparable)

grey-bellied

Derived terms

bwlbwl torllwyd (“grey-bellied bulbul”)
cigydd-deyrn torllwyd (“grey-bellied shrike-tyrant”)
ffrancolin torllwyd (“pale-bellied francolin”)
gwyddwalch torllwyd (“grey-bellied goshawk”)
heboglys torllwyd (“mouse-ear hawkweed”)
llostfain torllwyd (“grey-bellied spinetail”)
llygadwyn torllwyd (“ashy-bellied white-eye”)
melysor torllwyd (“grey-bellied honeyeater”)
tanagr prysgoed torllwyd (“dusky-bellied bush tanager”)
telor daear torllwyd (“grey-bellied ground warbler”)
telor torllwyd (“buff-bellied warbler”)

Related terms

torbiws (“purple-bellied”)
torddu (“black-bellied”)
torfelyn (“yellow-bellied”)
torfrown (“brown-bellied”)
torgoch (“red-bellied”)
torlas (“blue-bellied”)
tororen (“orange-bellied”)
torwelw (“pale-bellied”)
torwinau (“chestnut-bellied”)
torwyn (“white-bellied”)
torwyrdd (“green-bellied”)

Noun

y dorllwyd f (diminutive torllwydig)

silverweed (Argentina anserina syn. Potentilla anserina)
Synonym: dail arian
mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum syn. Hieracium pilosella)
Synonyms: clust y llygoden, torllwydig
agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
Synonym: llysiau'r dryw

Further reading

Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “silverweed”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “hawkweed”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur‎^[3], retrieved 13 Sept 2025.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “torllwyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies