amser

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh amser, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mh₁-eh₂, from the root *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap, harvest”);[1][2] cognate with Old Irish aimser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamser/

Noun

amser m

  1. time, appointed time

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: amser

Mutation

Mutated forms of amser
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amser unchanged unchanged hamser

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “ḫamešḫa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 281
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “amstera”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 33-34

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh amser, from Old Welsh amser, from Proto-Celtic *amsterā (“time, moment”); cognate with Old Irish aimser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈamsɛr/
  • (North Wales colloquial also) IPA(key): /ˈamsar/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

amser m or f (plural amserau or amseroedd or amserion or amseron)

  1. (countable) time
  2. (countable, grammar) tense
  3. (countable, music) tempo

Derived terms

See also

  • pryd (“(period of) time”)
  • gwaith (“time (instance)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of amser
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amser unchanged unchanged hamser

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “amser”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amser”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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