gwâr

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Welsh

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *gʷoros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[1] This adjective is more usually reconstructed as *gʷaros.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. civilised, tame, gentle

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwâr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwâr wâr ngwâr unchanged

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

References

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