gwaered
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh gwaeret and Old Welsh guoiret. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sources other than GPC may be fuller”)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡweɨ̯rɛd/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡweɨ̯rad/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwei̯rɛd/
Noun
gwaered (feminine singular gwaered, plural gwaered, equative mor waered, comparative mwy gwaered, superlative mwyaf gwaered)
Derived terms
- (ar) i waered (“downhill, downwards”)
- gwaered afon (“downriver, downstream”)
- wyneb i waered (“upside down, topsy-turvy”)
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwaered”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwaered”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies