drwg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh drwc, from Proto-Brythonic *drug, from Proto-Celtic *drukos (compare Old Irish droch).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druːɡ/
• Rhymes: -uːɡ

Adjective

drwg (feminine singular drwg, plural drygion, equative cynddrwg or dryced, comparative gwaeth or drycach, superlative gwaethaf or drycaf)

1. bad, evil

   Synonyms: anfad, ysgeler

2. bad, naughty

   Synonyms: direidus, drygionus

Usage notes

The lesser-used equative, comparative and superlative forms (dryced, drycach, drycaf) are exclusively used with the sense “naughty”.

Derived terms

• drwgabsen (“slander”)
• drwgdeimlad (“resentment”)
• drycin (“bad weather”)
• drycsawr, drygwynt (“stench”)
• drygioni (“naughtiness”)
• gwaed drwg (“bad blood”)
• mawrddrwg (“wickedness”)
• mwg drwg (“weed, marijuana”)
• y dinas fawr ddrwg (“the big bad city”)
• y Dyn Drwg, y gŵr drwg, yr un drwg (“the Devil”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of drwg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
drwg	ddrwg	nrwg	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.