gŵyr

See also: gwyr, gwŷr, and Gŵyr

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡuːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡʊi̯r/
• Homophone: Gŵyr
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯r

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh gwyr, from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨr, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”).

Adjective

gŵyr (feminine singular gŵyr, plural gwyrion, equative gwyred, comparative gwyrach, superlative gwyraf)

1. crooked, bent

   Synonym: cam

Antonyms

• diwyr

Derived terms

• gwyrdroad (“distortion, perversion”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gŵyr	ŵyr	ngŵyr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *wid-ṛ; akin to Breton goar, Cornish gor, Old Irish ·fitir.

Verb

gŵyr

1. (literary) third-person singular present of gwybod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gŵyr	ŵyr	ngŵyr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 3

Noun

gŵyr

1. Soft mutation of cwyr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cŵyr	gŵyr	nghŵyr	chŵyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.