chwerw

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hwerw, from Proto-Celtic *swerwos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xwerw/

Adjective

chwerw

  1. bitter (having an acrid taste)

Descendants

  • Welsh: chwerw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh chwerw, from Proto-Brythonic *hwerw, from Proto-Celtic *swerwos.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχwɛru/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχweːru/, /ˈχwɛru/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈʍeːru/, /ˈʍɛru/

Adjective

chwerw (feminine singular chwerw, plural chwerwon, equative chwerwed, comparative chwerwach, superlative chwerwaf, not mutable)

  1. bitter (having an acrid taste)

Derived terms

See also

Basic tastes in Welsh (layout · text)
melys sur / egr hallt chwerw sbeislyd sawrus

Further reading

  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwerw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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