gloos

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Gerlyver Meur suggests an Indo-European origin, which would support a cognate in Sanskrit.[1] Compare Welsh gloes, Breton gloaz, and Sanskrit क्लिश् (kliś, “to feel pain”).[2]

Noun

gloos f (plural glòsow)

  1. pang, anguish

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of gloos
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
gloos loos unchanged kloos unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ 2020, An Gerlyver Meur, ed. Dr Ken George (3rd edition, p.230)
  2. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “gloos”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English​, London: Trubner & Co., page 171
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