gwres

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷrenso-[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”) (whence Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”).[2]), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) (whence also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwreːs/

Noun

gwres m (uncountable)

  1. heat, warmth
    Dewch yn nes at wres y tân.
    Come closer to the warmth of the fire.
  2. temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)
    Mae gwres arni hi.
    She has a temperature.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwres wres ngwres 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-), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 95 iii (1)
  3. J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 92 iii
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