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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).
See also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”);[2] also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
gwres m (uncountable)
- heat, warmth
Dewch yn nes at wres y tân.- Come closer to the warmth of the fire.
- temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)
Mae gwres arni hi.- She has a temperature.
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 95 iii (1)
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 92 iii