gwâr

See also: gwar

Welsh

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *gʷoros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).[1] This adjective is more usually reconstructed as *gʷaros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwaːr/
  • Rhymes: -aːr

Adjective

gwâr (feminine singular gwâr, plural gwâr, equative gwared, comparative gwarach, superlative gwaraf)

  1. civilised, tame, gentle

Derived terms

  • gwaraidd (“civilised”)
  • gwareiddiad (“civilisation”)
  • gwarhau (“to tame”)
  • gwarineb (“gentleness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwâr
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwâr wâr ngwâr unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “gʷariyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144
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