gwâr

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See also: gwar

Welsh

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *gʷoro-, *gʷʰoro-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gwâr (feminine singular gwâr, plural gwâr, equative gwared, comparative gwarach, superlative gwaraf)

  1. civilised, tame, gentle

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “gwariya”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144
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