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agos.

near, close

4 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈaɡɔs/North-Wales/ˈa(ː)ɡɔs/South-Wales

  1. near, close

    Wyt ti'n byw'n agos i Gasnewydd?

  2. imminent, impending, nigh

  3. close, intimate

    Dydy hi ddim yn agos at ei thad.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Celtic *adgostus, from *ad- (“to, near”) + *gostus, ultimately from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- (“hand”). Cognate with Old Irish ocus (“near”). For the second component, compare Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), Hittite 𒆠𒌍𒊬 (“ke-eš-šar”), Tocharian A tsar, Albanian dorë and Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn).

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