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moes.

morality

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/moːɨ̯s/North-Wales/mɔi̯s/South-Wales
  1. morality

    feminine
  2. morals

    feminine · in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *boɨs, from Proto-Celtic *baissā. The m- replaced the b- under the influence of Latin mōs, reinforced by the ambiguity of the lenited form foes (which could in theory come from either boes or moes). Cognate to Breton boaz (“custom, habit”). Attempts to relate this *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”) (via e.g. a Proto-Celtic *banssus) fail to explain the lack of a nasal and the appearance of an oe in Welsh.

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