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In Welsh the word for hand is llaw<\/strong> [\u026cau\u032f], which also means authority, control, influence; side, direction, position; skill, touch; hand(-writing), signature; hand (of cards); hand (for measuring horses); man, person; workman; expert.<\/p>\n When talking about a pair of hands, the dual form dwylo<\/strong> is used. Plural forms for three or more hands are llawiau<\/strong>, llawau<\/strong> or llawoedd<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Do any other languages have different dual and plural forms like this?<\/p>\n Llaw<\/strong> comes from the Old Welsh lau<\/em> (hand), from the Proto-Brythonic *l\u1ecd\u03b2\u0303<\/em> (palm, hand), from the Proto-Celtic *\u0278l\u0101m\u0101<\/em> (palm, hand), from Proto-Indo-European *pl\u0325h\u2082meh\u2082<\/em> (palm, hand), which is also the root of the English word palm<\/strong> (of the hand).<\/p>\n Here are some words and phrases llaw appears in:<\/p>\n – llawio = to handle Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Geiriadur yr Academi<\/a>, Y Geiriadur Mawr<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Welsh the word for hand is llaw [\u026cau\u032f], which also means authority, control, influence; side, direction, position; skill, touch; hand(-writing), signature; hand (of cards); hand (for measuring horses); man, person; workman; expert. When talking about a pair of hands, the dual form dwylo is used. Plural forms for three or more hands are llawiau, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,107,10,45,77,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-proto-indo-european","category-welsh","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– llawiog = handy
\n– llawedig = handled, used
\n– llawan = litte hand
\n– llawagored = generous (“open hand”)
\n– llawdde = skilful, dexterous (“right hand”)
\n– llawddwein = palmist (“hand wizard”)
\n– llawfeddyg = surgeon (“hand doctor”)
\n– llawfer = shorthand
\n– llaw(h)ir = generous (“long hand”)
\n– llawlyfr = handbook, manual
\n– llawysgrif = manuscript
\n– llawysgrifen = handwriting, longhand
\n– llawgymwys = even-handed, impartial, unbiased (\u201chand equal\u201c)
\n– llawsafiad = handstand
\n– blaenllaw = in advance, beforehand, previous (“hand”)
\n– gerllaw = near, close to, by; at hand (\u201cnear hand\u201d)
\n– heblaw = besides, in addition to; without (\u201cwithout hand\u201d)
\n– uwchlaw = above, over, beyond (\u201cover hand\u201d)
\n– islaw = below, beneath, under (\u201clow hand\u201d)
\n– llaw flewog = pilfering hand, light fingered (“hairy hand”)
\n– llaw galed = trouble, rough time, hard time (“hard hand”)
\n– llaw ganol = intermediary, intermediate (“middle hand”)
\n– ar bob llaw = on all sides, on every side (“on every hand”)
\n– o waith llaw = handmade<\/p>\n