mawr - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From Middle Welsh mawr, from Old Welsh maur, from Proto-Brythonic *mọr, from Proto-Celtic *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁ros, from *meh₁-.

• IPA(key): /mau̯r/
• (South Wales colloquial also) IPA(key): /mou̯r/
• Rhymes: -au̯r

mawr (feminine singular **mawr, plural mawrion or morion, equative cymaint, comparative mwy, superlative mwyaf)

1. large; big; great

• mawredd
• stryd fawr

Mutated forms of mawr

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

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