gwag

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡwæːɡ/

Adjective

gwag

empty
hungry

Welsh

FWOTD – 9 November 2021

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡwaːɡ/
Rhymes: -aːɡ

Adjective

gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)

Derived terms

gwacáu (“to empty”)
gwacter (“emptiness”)
gwactod (“vacuum”)
gwagedd (“emptiness, vanity”)
gwagio (“to empty”)
gwaglaw (“empty-handed”)
gwagle (“empty space”)
gwagnod (“nought”)
gwagol (“empty”)
gwagu (“to empty”)
pennog (“herring”)
penwag (“empty-headed, silly”)

Related terms

foed (“void”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gwag*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwag	wag	ngwag	unchanged

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

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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