gloes

Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡloːɨ̯s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡlɔi̯s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡloːs/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s

Noun

gloes f (plural gloesau or gloesiau or gloeson or gloesion or gloesoedd or gloesydd)

1. agony, anguish, great pain

   Synonyms: poen, cur

2. faint, swoon

   Synonyms: llesmair, llewyg, ffeintiad

3. convulsion

Derived terms

• adloes
• gorloes

Mutation

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

Further reading

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