cwsg

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Cornish cusk, Breton kousk.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /kuːsɡ/, [kʰuːsk]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /kʊsɡ/, [kʰʊsk]
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  • Rhymes: -ʊsɡ

Noun

cwsg m (plural cysgau)

  1. sleep

Derived terms
  • apnoea cwsg (“sleep apnoea”)
  • cerdded yn eich cwsg (“sleep walk”)
  • colli cwsg (“sleep deprivation”)
  • cysglyd (“sleepy”)
  • cysgu (“to sleep”)
  • cysgwr (“sleeper”)
  • di-gwsg (“sleepless”)
  • dynad cwsg (“red dead-nettle”)
  • gaeafgwsg (“hibernation”)
  • llygad cwsg (“opium poppy”)
  • llysiau'r cwsg (“opium poppy”)
  • siarad yn eich cwsg (“sleep talk”)

Verb

cwsg

  1. (literary) third-person singular present/future of cysgu
  2. (literary) second-person singular imperative of cysgu

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwsg gwsg nghwsg chwsg
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–present), “cwsg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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