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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh hwyr, from Proto-Brythonic *huɨr; perhaps a borrowing from Latin sērus (although Latin loanwords in Proto-Brythonic usually retain word-initial s), or a native formation such as a blend of the ancestor of hir (“long”) with its comparative hwy, from the same root.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hwyr (feminine singular hwyr, plural hwyrion, equative hwyred, comparative hwyrach, superlative hwyraf, not mutable)
- late
Noun
hwyr m (plural hwyrau, not mutable)
- evening, nightfall
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hwyr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies