gwag

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gwag, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwæːɡ/

Adjective

gwag

1. empty
2. hungry

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Welsh

FWOTD – 9 November 2021

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaːɡ/

Adjective

gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)

1. empty, vacant
2. inane
3. frivolous, vain

Derived terms

• gwagedd
• gwagio
• gwaglaw
• gwagle
• gwagnod
• gwagu

Mutation

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