gwres

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷrensos[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

See also Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”);[2] also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwreːs/
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Noun

gwres m (uncountable)

  1. heat, warmth
    Dewch yn nes at wres y tân.
    Come closer to the warmth of the fire.
  2. temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)
    Mae gwres arni hi.
    She has a temperature.

Derived terms
  • gwresfedurydd m (“thermometer”)
  • gwresog (“hot”, adjective)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwres wres ngwres unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 95 iii (1)
  3. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 92 iii
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