"gwir" meaning in Welsh

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Adjective

IPA: /ɡwiːr/ Forms: gwir [feminine, singular], gwirion [plural], gwired [equative], gwirach [comparative], gwiraf [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːr Etymology: From Middle Welsh gwir, from Proto-Brythonic *gwir, from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|gwir}} Middle Welsh gwir, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*gwir}} Proto-Brythonic *gwir, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*wīros}} Proto-Celtic *wīros, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*weh₁ros}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=gwirion}} gwir (feminine singular gwir, plural gwirion, equative gwired, comparative gwirach, superlative gwiraf)
  1. true, certain, undoubted, genuine, real, very, right, sure; perfect, just, truthful, faithful, guileless
    Sense id: en-gwir-cy-adj-Fx1PYSCM Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 55 5 2 39

Adverb

IPA: /ɡwiːr/
Rhymes: -iːr Etymology: From Middle Welsh gwir, from Proto-Brythonic *gwir, from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|gwir}} Middle Welsh gwir, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*gwir}} Proto-Brythonic *gwir, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*wīros}} Proto-Celtic *wīros, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*weh₁ros}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros Head templates: {{head|cy|adverb}} gwir
  1. truly, verily, really
    Sense id: en-gwir-cy-adv-Zz67rE0l

Noun

IPA: /ɡwiːr/ Forms: gwiriau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gwir [mutation, mutation-radical], wir [mutation, mutation-soft], ngwir [mutation, mutation-nasal]
Rhymes: -iːr Etymology: From Middle Welsh gwir, from Proto-Brythonic *gwir, from Proto-Celtic *wīros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|gwir}} Middle Welsh gwir, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*gwir}} Proto-Brythonic *gwir, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*wīros}} Proto-Celtic *wīros, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*weh₁ros}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|gwiriau}} gwir m (plural gwiriau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. truth, verity Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gwir-cy-noun-rgAgvc5h
  2. right, justice, that which is just, merit; claim, legal claim, entitlement as the rightful owner; law Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gwir-cy-noun-QyHWm-2r

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "truth, verity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
        [
          "verity",
          "verity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "our rights",
          "text": "ein gwiriau",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "right, justice, that which is just, merit; claim, legal claim, entitlement as the rightful owner; law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "justice",
          "justice"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ],
        [
          "entitlement",
          "entitlement"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwiːr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːr"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gwŷr (“husbands”) (South Wales)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwir"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.