gŵyr

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See also: gwyr, gwŷr, and Gŵyr

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gwyr, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨr, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”).

Adjective

gŵyr (feminine singular gŵyr, plural gwyrion, equative gwyred, comparative gwyrach, superlative gwyraf)

  1. crooked, bent
    Synonym: cam
Antonyms
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gŵyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gŵyr ŵyr ngŵyr unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *wid-ṛ; akin to Breton goar, Cornish gor, Old Irish ·fitir.

Verb

gŵyr

  1. (literary) third-person singular present of gwybod

Mutation

Mutated forms of gŵyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gŵyr ŵyr ngŵyr unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 3

Noun

gŵyr

  1. Soft mutation of cwyr.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cŵyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
cŵyr gŵyr nghŵyr chŵyr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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