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
Antonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gŵyr ŵyr ngŵyr unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gŵyr ŵyr ngŵyr unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 3

Noun

gŵyr

  1. Soft mutation of cwyr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cŵyr gŵyr nghŵyr chŵyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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