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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]
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In Dutch, the alternative word for penguin is "fat-goose" (vetgans see: Dutch wiki or dictionaries under Pinguïn), and would indicate this bird received its name from its appearance. Mither An English word possibly from the Welsh word "moedro" meaning to bother or pester someone. Possible links to the Yorkshire variant "moither"
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (GPC) (The University of Wales Dictionary) is the only standard historical dictionary of the Welsh language, aspiring to be "comparable in method and scope to the Oxford English Dictionary". Vocabulary is defined in Welsh, and English equivalents are given.
The englyn is found in the work of the earliest attested Welsh poets (the cynfeirdd), where the main types are the three-line englyn milwr and englyn penfyr. [1] It is the only set stanzaic metre found in the early Welsh poetic corpus, and explanations for its origins have tended to focus on stanzaic Latin poetry and hymns; however, it is as likely to be a development within the Brittonic ...
Welsh morphology is the study of the internal structure of the words of the Welsh language and their systematic relationship within the language. This includes the principles by which Welsh words and morphemes arise, their form and derivation.
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The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary (Welsh: Geiriadur yr Academi; sometimes colloquially Geiriadur Bruce, 'Bruce's Dictionary' [1]) is the most comprehensive English– Welsh dictionary ever published. It is the product of many years' work by the editors Bruce Griffiths and Dafydd Glyn Jones. The dictionary was published in 1995, with ...