gwae

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with Old Irish fae

Noun

gwae m or f (plural gwaeau)

  1. woe, misery

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gwae wae ngwae unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “gwae”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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