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serch.

love, affection

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɛrχ/

  1. love, affection

    masculine · not-mutable
    Canodd Elanor gân serch i'w chariad.
    Dwi'n mwynhau darllen nofelau serch.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh serch, from Old Welsh serch, from Proto-Brythonic *serx, from Proto-Celtic *sterkā, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (literally “to cover, to protect”). Cognate with Breton serc'h (“concubine”), Old Irish serc (“love”); outside of Celtic, compare Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love; to be content”).

prep/sɛrχ/

  1. despite

    Mynychais i'r cyfarfod, serch yr annwyd trwm oedd arna' i.
    Serch popeth, awn ymlaen â'n cynlluniau.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh serch, from Old Welsh serch, from Proto-Brythonic *serx, from Proto-Celtic *sterkā, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (literally “to cover, to protect”). Cognate with Breton serc'h (“concubine”), Old Irish serc (“love”); outside of Celtic, compare Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love; to be content”).

conj/sɛrχ/

  1. although

    Serch y daw addewidion o'r llywodraeth, ni welwn unrhyw newid.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh serch, from Old Welsh serch, from Proto-Brythonic *serx, from Proto-Celtic *sterkā, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (literally “to cover, to protect”). Cognate with Breton serc'h (“concubine”), Old Irish serc (“love”); outside of Celtic, compare Ancient Greek στέργω (stérgō, “to love; to be content”).

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