Cymry

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh Cymry, q.v. Cognate with English Cambrian and Cymric.

Noun

Cymry pl (plural only)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people collectively.
   • 1881, James Bonwick, Who Are the Welsh? (Our Nationalities; III), London: David Bogue, […], page 46:

     The natural conclusion is that the Silurians or Iberians, now represented by the little, dark Welshmen, are the oldest existing race in Wales, and, though now speaking Cymraeg, were long before the Cymry there.

   • 2001, Jodie K. Scales, Of Kindred Celtic Origins, volumes 1 (Myths, Legends, Genealogy and History of an Ordinary American Family), Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 416:

     “What brings you into our lands?” The strange looking barbarian asked again. / He was speaking Cymraeg, which means the language of the aborigines, or “the language of the first race.” It was the same language of the Cymry of which Cedric and his tribe was a people of.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəmrɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkəmri/

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• Rhymes: -əmrɨ
• Homophone: Cymru

Proper noun

Cymry pl

1. The Welsh

Noun

Cymry m pl

1. plural of Cymro; Welshmen

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cymry	Gymry	Nghymry	Chymry
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.