gwas

See also: GWAS

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwas, from Old Welsh guas, from Proto-Brythonic *gwass, from Proto-Celtic *uɸostos (“servant”). Compare Breton gwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

gwas m (plural gweision)

1. servant
2. lad, boy
3. best man (attendant to the groom at a wedding)

   Synonym: gwas priodas

Derived terms

• caethwas (“slave”)
• gwas allor, allorwas (“altar server”)
• gwas priodas (“best man”)
• gwas y neidr (“dragonfly”)
• (literary) gwas y weilgi (“albatross”)
• heddwas (“police officer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwas	was	ngwas	unchanged

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