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  2. List of English words of Welsh origin - Wikipedia

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    Derived from the Welsh bara pyglyd, meaning "pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread", later shortened simply to pyglyd; [5] [6] The early 17th century lexicographer, Randle Cotgrave, spoke of "our Welsh barrapycleds". [7] [8] The word spread initially to the West Midlands of England, [9] where it was anglicised to picklets and then to pikelets. [8]

  3. Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Hiraeth - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Cwtch - Wikipedia

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    Cwtch (Welsh pronunciation:) is a Welsh-language and Welsh-English dialect word meaning a cuddle or embrace, with a sense of offering warmth and safety. Often considered untranslatable, the word originated as a colloquialism in South Wales, but is today seen as uniquely representative of Wales, Welsh national identity, and Welsh culture.

  7. Lists of English words of Celtic origin - Wikipedia

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    These lists of English words of Celtic origin include English words derived from Celtic origins. These are, for example, Common Brittonic , Gaulish , Irish , Scottish Gaelic , Welsh , or other languages.

  8. Literary Welsh morphology - Wikipedia

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    The first consonant of a word in Welsh may change depending on grammatical context (such as when the grammatical object directly follows the grammatical subject), when preceded by certain words, e.g. i, yn, and a or when the normal word order of a sentence is changed, e.g. Y mae tŷ gennyf, Y mae gennyf dŷ "I have a house".

  9. Category:Welsh dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    This category is for articles related to specific dictionaries and glossaries of the Welsh language of Wales. Pages in category "Welsh dictionaries" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.