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Middle English
Suffix
-ws
- Alternative form of -ous
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ws
- used to form pet names
- Dic + -ws → Dicws
- Ann + -ws → Nanws
- Catrin + -ws → Catws
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ws
- (South Wales) (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person singular preterite
- Synonyms: -as, -odd
- Beth wetws 'i? ― What did she say?
Derived terms
Category Welsh terms suffixed with -ws not found