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gwiw

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh gwiw, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”). Cognate to Old Irish fíu, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “excellent, good, beneficent”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gwiw (feminine singular gwiw, plural gwiwion, equative gwiwed, comparative gwiwach, superlative gwiwaf)

  1. fit, meet, worthy

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gwiw
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwiw wiw ngwiw unchanged

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

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