mws

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *meu- (“damp”). Cf. Cornish mosek (“stinking, rank”).

Adjective

mws (feminine singular mws, plural mws, equative mwsed, comparative mwsach, superlative mwsaf)

  1. rank, mouldy, musty, damp

Etymology 2

From English moose, from a Northeastern Algonquian language.

Noun

mws m (plural mws)

  1. elk, moose, Alces alces
    Synonym: elc

Etymology 3

From English mousse, from French mousse (“foam, froth”).

Noun

mws m (uncountable)

  1. mousse

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mws fws unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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