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galar.

mourning, grief, sorrow, lament

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡalar/North-Wales/ˈɡa(ː)lar/South-Wales
  1. mourning, grief, sorrow, lament

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh galar, from Proto-Brythonic *galar, from Proto-Celtic *galarom, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-ro-. Cognate with Irish galar (“sickness”).

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