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gŵyr

See also: gwyr, gwŷr, and Gŵyr

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. crooked, bent
    Synonym: cam
Antonyms
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Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of gŵyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gŵyr ŵyr ngŵyr unchanged

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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gŵyr

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gŵyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gŵyr ŵyr ngŵyr unchanged

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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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gŵyr

  1. Soft mutation of cwyr.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cŵyr
radical soft nasal aspirate
cŵyr gŵyr nghŵyr chŵyr

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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