garw
See also: Garw
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡarʊ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡa(ː)ru/
- Rhymes: -arʊ
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh garw, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Cornish garow, Irish garbh), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”) (compare Latin horreō, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zaršaiiamna, “ruffling one's feathers”), Sanskrit हर्षते (harṣate, “it bristles”)).
Adjective
garw (feminine singular garw, plural garwon, equative garwed, comparative garwach, superlative garwaf)
Derived terms
- clustlys garw (“rough earwort”)
- garwedd (“roughness”)
- gerwin (“rough”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| garw | arw | ngarw | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology 2
Noun
garw
- soft mutation of carw (“deer”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| carw | garw | ngharw | charw |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “garw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies