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Middle English
Noun
serch
- Alternative form of serche (“search”)
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (literally “to cover, to protect”). Cognate with Breton serc'h (“concubine”), Old Irish serc (“love”); outside of Celtic, compare Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love; to be content”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
serch m (plural serchiadau, not mutable)
- love, affection
Canodd Elanor gân serch i'w chariad.- Elanor sang a love song to her beloved.
Dwi'n mwynhau darllen nofelau serch.- I enjoy reading romance novels.
1929, D. J. Williams, A.E. a Chymru, Aberystwyth: Gwasg Aberystwyth:O deimlad a serch wedi eu disgyblu y ceir y doethineb uchaf.- The highest wisdom comes from disciplined emotion and love.
Preposition
serch
- despite
Mynychais i'r cyfarfod, serch yr annwyd trwm oedd arna' i.- I attended the meeting, despite having a heavy cold.
Serch popeth, awn ymlaen â'n cynlluniau.- Despite everything, we will go ahead with our plans.
Conjunction
serch
- although
Serch y daw addewidion o'r llywodraeth, ni welwn unrhyw newid.- Although promises come from the government, we see no change.
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “serch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1400