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hoyw

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh hoyw, hoev.

  • Schumacher and Johnston identify this as cognate to Latin saevus (“savage”).[1]
  • Isaac instead posits origin from Proto-Celtic *aisus,[2] with a metathesis of *-s- > *-h- to the beginning of the word.

No etymology was provided in the GPC until the 2020s, when a mention of these two etymologies was added.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hoyw (feminine singular hoyw, plural hoywon, equative hoywed, comparative hoywach, superlative hoywaf, not mutable)

  1. gay, joyful, merry
    Synonyms: heini, llawen, bywiog
  2. gay, homosexual
    Synonym: cyfunrhywiol

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Johnston, Dafydd (2022) “Welsh hoyw: A Case Study in Language Contact”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN
  2. ^ Isaac, Graham (1996) The verb in the Book of Aneirin: studies in syntax, morphology and etymology, (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie), volume 12, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, page 365

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hoyw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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