garw

See also: Garw

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarʊ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa(ː)ru/
• Rhymes: -arʊ

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh garw, from Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Cornish garow, Irish garbh), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”) (compare Latin horreō, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zaršaiiamna, “ruffling one's feathers”), Sanskrit हर्षते (harṣate, “it bristles”)).

Adjective

garw (feminine singular garw, plural garwon, equative garwed, comparative garwach, superlative garwaf)

1. rough, bumpy
2. crude, rough, unrefined

Derived terms

• garwedd m (“roughness”)
• gerwin (“rough”, adjective)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
garw	arw	ngarw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

garw

1. Soft mutation of carw (“deer”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
carw	garw	ngharw	charw
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), “garw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies