chwisgi
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from English whisky, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), calque of Latin aqua vitae, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + Proto-Celtic *biwotos (“life”) (see *biwos (“alive”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪsɡi/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈwɪsɡi/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈhwɪsɡi/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈwɪsɡi/
Noun edit
chwisgi m (uncountable, not mutable)