gwraig

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gureic, gwreic, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėg.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwrai̯ɡ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡwrai̯ɡ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡrai̯ɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ

Noun

gwraig f (plural gwragedd, diminutive plural gwrageddach or gwrageddos, double plural gwrageddoedd or gwrageddaint)

1. wife

   Synonym: priod

2. woman

   Synonyms: dynes, menyw, merch

Derived terms

• gwraig briod (“matron”)
• gwraig cadw tŷ (“housekeeper”)
• gwraig gleisiog (“battered wife”)
• gwraig tŷ (“housewife”)
• gwraig weddw (“widow”)
• gwreica (“to take a wife”)
• gwreictod (“womanhood”)
• gwreicty (“harem”)
• gwreigaidd (“womanly”)
• -wraig (“-er”, female suffix)

Mutation

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