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garw.

rough, bumpy

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɡarʊ/North-Wales/ˈɡa(ː)ru/South-Wales
  1. rough, bumpy

  2. crude, rough, unrefined

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh garw, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Cornish garow, Irish garbh), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”) (compare Latin horreō, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zaršaiiamna, “ruffling one's feathers”), Sanskrit हर्षते (harṣate, “it bristles”)).

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