"gwell" meaning in Welsh

See gwell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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

Adverb

IPA: /ɡwɛɬ/ [North-Wales], /ɡweːɬ/ [South-Wales], /ɡwɛɬ/ [South-Wales] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gwell [mutation, mutation-radical], well [mutation, mutation-soft], ngwell [mutation, mutation-nasal]
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 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gwella Related terms: da, gorau

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gwell meaning in Welsh (3.8kB)

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