stŵr
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sduːr/, [stuːr]
- Rhymes: -uːr
Noun
stŵr m (usually uncountable, plural styrau, not mutable)
- commotion, uproar, fuss, row
- telling off, rebuke
- Synonyms: cerydd, dwrdiad
- Ces i stŵr.
- I was told off.
- (literally, “I had a telling off.”)
Derived terms
- gwneud stŵr, codi stŵr, stwrio (“raise a commotion”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “stŵr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies