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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gwalx, from Proto-Celtic *wolkos. Cognate with Breton gwalc’h.
Pronunciation
Noun
gwalch m (plural gweilch)
- (obsolete) hawk
- Synonym: hebog
- rogue, rascal
Usage notes
Gwalch as 'hawk' is obsolete in modern Welsh (except in compounds and derived terms) and is almost exclusively used to mean 'rogue' or 'rascal'.[1] The more common term for 'hawk' in modern Welsh is hebog.[1]
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 King, Gareth (1993) “54-92 Nouns–Noun Number”, in Modern Welsh – A Comprehensive Grammar, Third edition, London and New York: Routledge, published 2016, →ISBN, pages 49–77