chwarren

Welsh

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *swarr-, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to ache, to fester”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwarɛn/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwaran/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχwarɛn/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈʍarɛn/

Noun

chwarren f (plural chwarennau, not mutable)

1. gland
2. knot in wood

   Synonyms: cwlwm, cwgn, cainc

3. boil, ulcer

   Synonyms: cornwyd, pendduyn

   1. pestilence, plague

      Synonyms: pla, haint, bad

Derived terms

• chwarenglwyf (“glandular fever”)
• chwarennol (“glandular”)
• chwarren adrenal (“adrenal gland”)
• chwarren bitwidol (“pituitary gland”)
• chwarren boer (“salivary gland”)
• chwarren brostad (“prostate gland”)
• chwarren Cowper (“Cowper's gland”)
• chwarren chwys (“sweat gland”)
• chwarren ecdysaidd (“prothoracic gland”)
• chwarren ecsocrin (“exocrine gland”)
• chwarren endocrin (“endocrine gland”)
• chwarren felynwy (“yolk gland”)
• chwarren fwcaidd (“mucous gland”)
• chwarren gastrig (“gastric gland”)
• chwarren islygadol (“infraorbital gland”)
• chwarren laeth (“mammary gland”)
• chwarren lymff (“lymph node”)
• chwarren lymffatig (“lymph node”)
• chwarren sebwm (“sebaceous gland”)
• chwarren thyroid (“thyroid gland”)
• chwarren y ffolen (“popliteal gland”)
• twymyn y chwarennau (“glandular fever”)