hweg

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish whec, from Proto-Celtic *swekos.[1] Cognate with Breton c'houek and Welsh chweg.

Adjective

hweg

  1. (taste) sweet
  2. gentle, kind, nice, pleasant, pleasing
  3. (letters) dear

Derived terms

  • betys hweg (“sugar beets”)
  • dor hweg (“tilled land”)
  • gwydh owraval hweg (“sweet orange trees”)
  • helyk hweg (“bay willows”)
  • hwegoll (“darling”)
  • hwegyn (“sweet, candy”, noun)
  • hwegys (“maize, sweetcorn”)
  • hwekhe (“sweeten”, verb)
  • kala hweg (“sweet woodruff”)
  • kegis hweg (“celery”)
  • pompyon hweg (“melon”)
  • sedres hweg (“incense cedar”)
  • sylli hweg (“young conger”)
  • ys hweg (“maize”)

See also

Basic tastes in Cornish (layout · text)
hweg trenk holanek hwerow spisek saworek

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chweg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xweːj/, [ʍeːj]

Noun

hwēġ n

  1. alternative form of hwǣġ

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hwēġ hwēġ
accusative hwēġ hwēġ
genitive hwēġes hwēġa
dative hwēġe hwēġum
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