gwag

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gwag, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwæːɡ/

Adjective

gwag

  1. empty
  2. hungry

Welsh
FWOTD – 9 November 2021

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaːɡ/

Adjective

gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)

  1. empty, vacant
  2. inane
  3. frivolous, vain

Derived terms
  • gwacáu (“to empty”)
  • gwagedd (“emptiness, vanity”)
  • gwagio (“to empty”)
  • gwaglaw (“empty-handed”)
  • gwagle (“empty space”)
  • gwagnod (“nought”)
  • gwagu (“to empty”)
  • pennog (“herring”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwag wag ngwag unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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