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gwair

gwair

Welsh

Noun

gwair m (plural gweiriau)

  1. hay

Derived terms

  • clefyd y gwair (hay fever)
  • neidr y gwair (grass snake)
  • sboncyn y gwair (grasshopper)

Mutation

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

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 409