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Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-wch
- forming abstract nouns, -ness, -ment
- teg (“fair”) + -wch → tegwch (“fairness”)
- tawel (“quiet”) + -wch → tawelwch (“quietness, silence”)
- hyfryd (“lovely”) + -wch → hyfrydwch (“loveliness”)
Etymology 2
Suffix
-wch
- (literary) verb suffix for the second-person plural present indicative/future
- (literary) verb suffix for the second-person plural imperative
- (colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person plural future
- (colloquial) verb suffix for the second-person plural imperative
Usage notes
In the literary language, -wch causes i-affection of internal vowels, for example, canu (“to sing”) + -wch → cenwch (“you will sing; sing”).
Derived terms