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Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hiraɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *sīr-axto-, akin to Gaulish siraxta (“longing”). Cognate with Welsh hiraeth.
Pronunciation
Noun
hireth f (plural -)
- homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or for a home which may have never been
- an intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness
- the grief for the lost places of your past
Usage notes
Hiraeth is a difficult word to translate precisely. It, the Welsh hiraeth and the Breton hiraezh are said to be the only exact equivalents of the Portuguese saudade.
References
- ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “hireth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 217