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hy.

bold, brave, fearless

2 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/hɨː/North-Wales/hiː/South-Wales

  1. bold, brave, fearless

    not-mutable

  2. confident, daring

    not-mutable

  3. presumptuous, impudent

    not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh hy, from Proto-Brythonic *hɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *segos, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *segaz, Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), and Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”).

intj/hə/

  1. huh

Where this word comes from

Compare English huh and Dutch hè.

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