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Cornish
Etymology
Unknown. Gerlyver Meur suggests an Indo-European origin, which would support a cognate in Sanskrit.[1] Compare Welsh gloes, Breton gloaz, and Sanskrit क्लिश् (kliś, “to feel pain”).[2]
Noun
gloos f (plural glòsow)
- pang, anguish
Synonyms
Mutation
References
- ^ 2020, An Gerlyver Meur, ed. Dr Ken George (3rd edition, p.230)
- ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “gloos”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 171