gwres

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gʷrenso-[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰrenso- (“warm”) (whence Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”), Sanskrit घ्रंस (ghraṃsa, “heat of the sun”).[2]), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) (whence also Latin formus (“warm”), Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), English warm).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡwreːs/

Noun

gwres m (uncountable)

heat, warmth
Dewch yn nes at wres y tân.
Come closer to the warmth of the fire.
temperature (elevated body temperature when ill)
Mae gwres arni hi.
She has a temperature.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwres	wres	ngwres	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 95 iii (1)
J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 92 iii

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “gwres”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 95 iii (1)

[3] J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 92 iii