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awyr

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of houre

From Proto-Brythonic *auɨr, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “wind, atmosphere”).

• IPA(key): /ˈa.uɨ̯r/

awyr f or m

1. air

• Welsh: awyr

Mutated forms of awyr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

From Middle Welsh aẅyr, from Proto-Brythonic *auɨr, borrowed from Latin āēr, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “wind, atmosphere”).

• (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɨ̞r/
• (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.ɪr/
• Rhymes: -au̯ɨ̞r

awyr m or f (plural awyrau or awyron)

1. air, sky
2. airline

The plural is rarely used.

• awyrdwll, awyrell (“airhole, vent”)

• awyren (“aeroplane”)

• maes awyr (“airport”)

• malwr awyr (“windbag, babbler”)

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