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gorchymyn.

to command, to order

9 characters3 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡɔrˈχəmɨ̞n/North-Wales/ɡɔrˈχəmɪn/South-Wales
  1. to command, to order

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gorchymyn, from Proto-Brythonic *gworxumɨnn (compare Old Cornish gurhemin, Middle Breton gourchemenn), from *gwor- (“over”) + *kumɨnn (from Latin commendō (“commend; recommend”). By surface analysis, gor- + cymyn (“testament; bequest”).

noun/ɡɔrˈχəmɨ̞n/North-Wales/ɡɔrˈχəmɪn/South-Wales
  1. command, commandment, order

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gorchymyn, from Proto-Brythonic *gworxumɨnn (compare Old Cornish gurhemin, Middle Breton gourchemenn), from *gwor- (“over”) + *kumɨnn (from Latin commendō (“commend; recommend”). By surface analysis, gor- + cymyn (“testament; bequest”).

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