grêt

See also: gret

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English great, from Old English grēat (“big”), from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, coarse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡreːt/

Adjective

grêt (feminine singular grêt, plural grêt, equative greted, comparative gretach, superlative gretaf)

  1. great

Interjection

grêt

  1. great, wonderful

Mutation

Mutated forms of grêt
radical soft nasal aspirate
grêt unchanged△ ngrêt unchanged

△Irregular.

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), “grêt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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