mawr
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh mawr, from Old Welsh maur, from Proto-Brythonic *mọr, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros, from *meh₁-.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /mau̯r/
- (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /mau̯r/
- (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /mou̯r/
Adjective
mawr (feminine singular mawr, plural mawr, equative cymaint, comparative mwy, superlative mwyaf)
- large; big; great
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mawr | fawr | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||