gweyth

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gweth, from Old Cornish gueid, Proto-Brythonic *gweiθ, from Proto-Celtic *wextom. Cognate with Breton gwezh, Irish feacht, and Welsh gwaith.

Noun

gweyth f (plural gweythyow)

  1. instance
  2. occasion
  3. time (forming adverbial numbers, i.e. “how many times”)

Derived terms

  • diwweyth (“twice”)
  • lies gweyth (“often”)
  • lower gweyth (“often”)
  • peskweyth (“how many times”)
  • teyrgweyth (“thrice, three times”)
  • treweythyow (“sometimes”)
  • unweyth (“once”)

Noun

gweyth m (plural gweythyow)

  1. work
    Synonyms: gonis, hwel, lavur, ober

Derived terms

  • artweyth (“artwork”)
  • bern gweyth (“workload”)
  • bryckweyth (“brickworks”)
  • dornweyth (“handicraft”)
  • galweyth (“crime”)
  • gover gweyth (“workstream”)
  • gweytha (“to apply”)
  • gweythor m (“worker”)
  • gweythores f (“worker”)
  • gweythres (“application”)
  • gweythresans (“activation”)
  • gweythresek (“active, functional”)
  • gweythva (“factory”)
  • menweyth (“masonry”)
  • prennweyth (“woodwork”)
  • priweythva (“clay works”)
  • rosweyth (“network”)
  • -weyth (“-craft”)

Mutation

Mutation of gweyth
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
gweyth weyth unchanged kweyth hweyth weyth

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

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