dwys
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh dwys, from Proto-Brythonic *duɨs, from Latin dēnsus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /duːɨ̯s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dʊi̯s/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯s
Adjective[edit]
dwys (feminine singular dwys, plural dwysion, equative dwysed, comparative dwysach, superlative dwysaf)
- intense (strained; tightly drawn)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| dwys | ddwys | nwys | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||