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hwyr.

late

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/huːɨ̯r/North-Wales/hʊi̯r/South-Wales
  1. late

    not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh hwyr, from Proto-Brythonic *huɨr; perhaps a borrowing from Latin sērus (although Latin loanwords in Proto-Brythonic usually retain word-initial s), or a native formation such as a blend of the ancestor of hir (“long”) with its comparative hwy, from the same root.

noun/huːɨ̯r/North-Wales/hʊi̯r/South-Wales
  1. evening, nightfall

    masculine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh hwyr, from Proto-Brythonic *huɨr; perhaps a borrowing from Latin sērus (although Latin loanwords in Proto-Brythonic usually retain word-initial s), or a native formation such as a blend of the ancestor of hir (“long”) with its comparative hwy, from the same root.

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