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gorffwys.

to rest, to repose

8 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to rest, to repose

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Variant of gorffowys, from gor- + powys (“rest”), cognate with Breton paouez (“stop”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”) (whence Latin quiēs (“rest”)).

noun
  1. rest, repose

    masculine · uncountable
  2. rest

    countable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Variant of gorffowys, from gor- + powys (“rest”), cognate with Breton paouez (“stop”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”) (whence Latin quiēs (“rest”)).

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