cwsg

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Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Cornish cusk, Breton kousk.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /kuːsɡ/,
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kʊsɡ/,
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Rhymes: -ʊsɡ

Noun

cwsg m (plural cysgau)

sleep

Derived terms

apnoea cwsg (“sleep apnoea”)
cerdded yn eich cwsg (“sleep walk”)
colli cwsg (“sleep deprivation”)
cysglyd (“sleepy”)
cysgu (“to sleep”)
cysgwr (“sleeper”)
di-gwsg (“sleepless”)
dynad cwsg (“red dead-nettle”)
gaeafgwsg (“hibernation”)
llygad cwsg (“opium poppy”)
llysiau'r cwsg (“opium poppy”)
siarad yn eich cwsg (“sleep talk”)

Verb

cwsg

(literary) third-person singular present/future of cysgu
(literary) second-person singular imperative of cysgu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwsg	gwsg	nghwsg	chwsg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cwsg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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