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gwres

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *gwres, from Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos.[1]

See also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रं॒स (ghraṃsá, “heat of the sun”);[2] also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gwres m (uncountable)

  1. heat, warmth
    Dewch yn nes at wres y tân.
    Come closer to the warmth of the fire.
  2. temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)
    Mae gwres arni hi.
    She has a temperature.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gwres
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwres wres ngwres unchanged

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

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 95 iii (1)
  3. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 92 iii
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