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cnwc.

a knock, hit, blow, stroke, lash, strike

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/knʊk/
  1. a knock, hit, blow, stroke, lash, strike

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh cnwcc, kynwck, cnwc, from Middle English knok (“strike, hit”), whence English knock. Doublet of cnoc.

noun/knʊk/
  1. an elevation of land, a hillock, hummock, knoll, mound, tump

    masculine
  2. a lump, protuberance a swelling, hump, abscess, tumour

    masculine
  3. a lump, protuberance a knob, knot

    masculine
  4. a summit (each of the two vertices of a rhombohedral crystal having equangular faces)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cnocc (“hill, lump, ulcer”). Doublet of cnwch.

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