gwraig

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gureic, gwreic, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrėg.

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwrai̯ɡ/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡwrai̯ɡ/
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  • Rhymes: -ai̯ɡ

Noun

gwraig f (plural gwragedd, diminutive plural gwrageddach or gwrageddos, double plural gwrageddoedd or gwrageddaint)

  1. wife
    Synonym: priod
  2. woman
    Synonyms: dynes, menyw, merch

Derived terms
  • gwraig briod (“matron”)
  • gwraig cadw tŷ (“housekeeper”)
  • gwraig gleisiog (“battered wife”)
  • gwraig tŷ (“housewife”)
  • gwraig weddw (“widow”)
  • gwreica (“to take a wife”)
  • gwreictod (“womanhood”)
  • gwreicty (“harem”)
  • gwreigaidd (“womanly”)
  • -wraig (“-er”, female suffix)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwraig wraig ngwraig unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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