gwasg

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wedsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead, thrust, urge, press”). Cognate with Irish fáisc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwasɡ/, [ɡwask]
  • Rhymes: -asɡ

Noun

gwasg f (plural gwasgau or gwasgoedd or gweisg)

  1. pressing, squeezing
  2. pressure, crush, weight, stress, heaviness, constriction, compression
  3. (figurative) adversity, distress, confinement, bondage, oppression
  4. press (for extracting juice)
    gwasg gaws ― cheese press
  5. printing press
  6. waist, middle
  7. belt, girdle, truss, bodice

Derived terms

  • gwasg argraffu (“printing press”)
  • gwasg win (“wine press”)
  • gwasgiad (“compression”)
  • gwasgu (“to press, to squeeze”)
  • hywasg (“compressible”)
  • llinyn gwasg (“waistband”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwasg
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwasg wasg ngwasg unchanged

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

Further reading

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