gwyar

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Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *wēsarom, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to melt away, to flow”) compare Old Irish fi (“poison”), Latin virus (“poison, sap of plants, slimy liquid, a potent juice”), viscum (“sticky substance, birdlime”); Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison, poisonous”); Avestan 𐬬𐬌𐬱- (viš-, “poison”) Ancient Greek ἰός (iós, “poison”), ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdlime”) Proto-Slavic *višьňa (“cherry”)[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gwyar m (uncountable)

  1. blood, gore

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwyar
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwyar wyar ngwyar unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “virus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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

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