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WELSH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

eisiau.

want

6 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/North-Wales, standard/ˈɪʃɔ/North-Wales, colloquial/ˈei̯sjai̯/South-Wales, standard/ˈei̯ʃai̯/South-Wales, standard

  1. want

    masculine · uncountable
    Dw i eisiau diod.
    Dw i eisiau yfed.

  2. need

    masculine · uncountable
    Mae eisiau diod arna i.
    Mae eisiau diod arni hi hefyd.

  3. need

    masculine · uncountable
    Mae eisiau i mi yfed.

  4. want (with bod and preposition ar)

    literary · masculine · uncountable
    1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Salm 23:1: Yr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail; ni bydd eisiau arnaf. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh eisseu, from Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, borrowed from Latin exiguus (“having required”).

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