mws
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *meu- (“damp”). Cf. Cornish mosek (“stinking, rank”).
Adjective edit
mws (feminine singular mws, plural mws, equative mwsed, comparative mwsach, superlative mwsaf)
Etymology 2 edit
From English moose, from a Northeastern Algonquian language.
Noun edit
mws m (plural mws)
- elk, moose, Alces alces
- Synonym: elc
Etymology 3 edit
From English mousse, from French mousse (“foam, froth”).
Noun edit
mws m (uncountable)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| mws | fws | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mws”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies