gwell
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Cornish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Cornish guel, from Proto-Celtic *wellos. Cognate with Welsh gwell.
Adjective
[edit]gwell
- comparative degree of da (“good”) – better, superior
Derived terms
[edit]- bos gwell gans (“be preferred by”, verb)
- gwell ages, gwell es (“better than, superior to”)
- gwella (“best”)
- gwellhe (“improve”, verb)
- gwellheans (“improvement”)
Mutation
[edit]unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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gwell | well | unchanged | kwell | hwell | well |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Welsh gwell, from Proto-Celtic *wellos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“choose, want”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɛɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡweːɬ/, /ɡwɛɬ/
- Rhymes: -ɛɬ
Adjective
[edit]gwell
Adverb
[edit]gwell
- Prefer
- Mae well 'da fi ddawnsio na chanu (South)
- I prefer to dance than sing
- (literally, “It is better with me to dance than to sing”)
- Mae well gen i de na choffi (North)
- I prefer tea to coffee
- (literally, “Tea is better with me than coffee”)
- Had better
- Well i chi beidio
- you had better not
- (literally, “[It is] better to you not to”)
Usage notes
[edit]- When used to mean 'prefer', gwell is combined with the possessive construction (literally "it is better with me"). When used to mean 'had better', it is linked to its subject by i (literally "it is better for me"). In both cases it is almost always followed by the soft mutation.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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gwell | well | ngwell | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish
- Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish
- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish non-lemma forms
- Cornish comparative adjectives
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɛɬ
- Rhymes:Welsh/ɛɬ/1 syllable
- Welsh non-lemma forms
- Welsh comparative adjectives
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh adverbs
- Welsh terms with usage examples