hiraeth
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *hiraɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *sīraxto-, akin to Gaulish siraxta (“longing”). Compare Cornish hireth, Breton hiraezh, and Old Irish sírecht.
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file)
Noun
hiraeth m (plural hiraethau or hiraethion, not mutable)
- nostalgia, longing, homesickness, a deep feeling of yearning for something, someone or somewhere. In reference to a Wales that never was or a longing to be reunited with Welsh culture.
- regret
Related terms
References
- https://www.definitions.net/definition/hiraeth
- Williams, Robert (1865) “hiraeth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 217
- http://geiriadur.bangor.ac.uk/#Hiraeth
- https://geiriadur.uwtsd.ac.uk/index.php?page=ateb&term=Hiraeth&direction=we&type=all&whichpart=exact&search=#ateb_top
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