cwsg
Welsh
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Cornish cusk, Breton kousk.
Pronunciation
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Noun
cwsg m (plural cysgau)
Derived terms
- apnoea cwsg (“sleep apnoea”)
- cerdded yn eich cwsg (“sleep walk”)
- colli cwsg (“sleep deprivation”)
- cysgadur (“sleeper”)
- cysglyd (“sleepy”)
- cysgu (“to sleep”)
- di-gwsg (“sleepless”)
- dynad cwsg (“red dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum”)
- llysiau cwsg (“opium poppy, Papaver somniferum”)
- siarad yn eich cwsg (“sleep talk”)
Verb
cwsg
- (literary) third-person singular present/future of cysgu
- (literary) second-person singular imperative of cysgu
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cwsg | gwsg | nghwsg | chwsg |
| 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), “cwsg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies