cwsg

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Cornish cusk, Breton kousk.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kuːsɡ/, [kʰuːsk]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kʊsɡ/, [kʰʊsk]

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• Rhymes: -ʊsɡ

Noun

cwsg m (plural cysgau)

1. sleep

Derived terms

• apnoea cwsg (“sleep apnoea”)
• cerdded yn eich cwsg (“sleep walk”)
• colli cwsg (“sleep deprivation”)
• cysglyd (“sleepy”)
• cysgu (“to sleep”)
• cysgwr (“sleeper”)
• di-gwsg (“sleepless”)
• dynad cwsg (“red dead-nettle”)
• gaeafgwsg (“hibernation”)
• llygad cwsg (“opium poppy”)
• llysiau'r cwsg (“opium poppy”)
• siarad yn eich cwsg (“sleep talk”)

 

Verb

cwsg

1. (literary) third-person singular present/future of cysgu
2. (literary) second-person singular imperative of cysgu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwsg	gwsg	nghwsg	chwsg
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), “cwsg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies