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Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ] [1]) is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation. The University of Wales, Lampeter, likens it to a homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed, especially in the context of Wales and Welsh culture. [2]
Welsh-language surnames (1 C, 50 P) T. Welsh toponyms (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Welsh words and phrases" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
An English and Welch vocabulary, or, An easy guide to the antient British language. Merthyr Tydfil. hdl:10107/4799128 – via National Library of Wales. Evans, Thomas (1809). An English-Welsh dictionary. Merthyr Tydfil. hdl:10107/4860636 – via National Library of Wales.
The morphology of the Welsh language has many characteristics likely to be unfamiliar to speakers of English or continental European languages like French or German, but has much in common with the other modern Insular Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish, and Breton. Welsh is a moderately inflected language.
The legend of the cyhyraeth is sometimes conflated with tales of the Gwrach-y-Rhibyn [6] (pronounced [ˈɡwrɑːx ə ˈr̩ibɨn]) or Hag of the Mist, a monstrous Welsh spirit in the shape of a hideously ugly woman – a Welsh saying, to describe a woman without good looks, goes, "Y mae mor salw â Gwrach y Rhibyn" (she is as ugly as the Gwrach y Rhibyn) [7] – with a harpy-like appearance ...
Welsh language sign found in Prague McDonald's. Oscar Edwards - BBC Wales News. January 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM. Dion's friend Tom posed with the sign before being admonished by a McDonald's employee ...
The syntax of the Welsh language has much in common with the syntax of other Insular Celtic languages. It is, for example, heavily right-branching (including a verb–subject–object word order), and the verb for be (in Welsh, bod ) is crucial to constructing many different types of clauses .
from either Welsh or Cornish; [14] Welsh gwylan, Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from O.Celt. * voilenno - "gull" (OE mæw) penguin possibly from pen gwyn, "white head". "The fact that the penguin has a black head is no serious objection." [3] [4] It may also be derived from the Breton language, or the Cornish Language, which are all ...