gwalch
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wolkos. Cognate with Breton gwalc’h.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwalχ/
Noun
gwalch m (plural gweilch)
- hawk
- Synonym: hebog
- rogue, rascal
Usage notes
Gwalch as 'hawk' is obsolete in modern Welsh (except in compounds and derived terms) and is almost exclusively used to mean 'rogue' or 'rascal'.[1] The more common term for 'hawk' in modern Welsh is hebog.[1]
Derived terms
- gwalch glas
- gwalch marth
- gwalch y nos
- gwalch y penwaig
- gwalch y pysgod
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwalch | walch | ngwalch | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- King, Gareth (2016), “54-92 Nouns–Noun Number”, in Modern Welsh – A Comprehensive Grammar (in English), Third edition, London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 49–77