garw

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Cornish garow, Irish garbh), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”) (compare Latin horreō, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀‎ (zaršaiiamna, “ruffling one's feathers”), Sanskrit हर्षते (harṣate, “it bristles”)).

Adjective

garw (feminine singular garw, plural garw, equative garwed, comparative garwach, superlative garwaf)

  1. rough, bumpy
  2. crude, rough, unrefined
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
garw arw ngarw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

garw

  1. Soft mutation of carw (“deer”).
Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
carw garw ngharw charw
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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