"gwell" meaning in All languages combined

See gwell on Wiktionary

Adjective [Welsh]

IPA: /ɡwɛɬ/ [North-Wales], /ɡweːɬ/ [South-Wales], /ɡwɛɬ/ [South-Wales]
Rhymes: -ɛɬ Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Celtic *wellos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“choose, want”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*wellos|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Celtic *wellos, {{inh+|cy|cel-pro|*wellos}} Inherited from Proto-Celtic *wellos, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*welh₁-||choose, want}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“choose, want”) Head templates: {{head|cy|comparative adjective}} gwell
  1. comparative degree of da: better Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: da (extra: better)
    Sense id: en-gwell-cy-adj-wNetYyr7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 7 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 7 5 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 86 6 8

Adverb [Welsh]

IPA: /ɡwɛɬ/ [North-Wales], /ɡweːɬ/ [South-Wales], /ɡwɛɬ/ [South-Wales] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gwell [error-unrecognized-form], well [soft], ngwell [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ɛɬ Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Celtic *wellos, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“choose, want”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*wellos|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Celtic *wellos, {{inh+|cy|cel-pro|*wellos}} Inherited from Proto-Celtic *wellos, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*welh₁-||choose, want}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“choose, want”) Head templates: {{head|cy|adverb}} gwell Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. Prefer
    Sense id: en-gwell-cy-adv-8j20tUNT
  2. Had better
    Sense id: en-gwell-cy-adv-DfycH9KV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gwella Related terms: da, gorau

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Download raw JSONL data for gwell meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)

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