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dur.

steel

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɨːr/North-Wales/diːr/South-Wales

  1. steel

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós Proto-Italic *dūros Latin dūrusbor. Proto-Brythonic *dʉr Middle Welsh dur Welsh dur From Middle Welsh dur, from Proto-Brythonic *dʉr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

adj/dɨːr/North-Wales/diːr/South-Wales

  1. steel

    not-comparable

  2. steely, hard, cruel

    figuratively · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂rós Proto-Italic *dūros Latin dūrusbor. Proto-Brythonic *dʉr Middle Welsh dur Welsh dur From Middle Welsh dur, from Proto-Brythonic *dʉr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”).

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