sgwrs

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • ysgwrs

Etymology

Clipping of disgẃrs, from Middle English discours, from Middle French discours (“conversation, speech”), from Latin discursus (“the act of running about”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɡʊrs/, [skʊrs]

Noun

sgwrs f (plural sgyrsiau, not mutable)

  1. conversation

Derived terms

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sgwrs”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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