gwres
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).
See also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”);[2] also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gwres m (uncountable)
- heat, warmth
- Dewch yn nes at wres y tân.
- Come closer to the warmth of the fire.
- temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)
- Mae gwres arni hi.
- She has a temperature.
Derived terms
[edit]- gwresfedurydd m (“thermometer”)
- gwresog (“hot”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwres | wres | ngwres | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 95 iii (1)
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 92 iii