gweyth

gweyth

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gweth, from Old Cornish gueid, Proto-Brythonic *gweiθ, from Proto-Celtic *wextom. Cognate with Breton gwezh, Irish feacht, and Welsh gwaith.

Noun

gweyth f (plural gweythyow)

  1. instance
  2. occasion
  3. time (forming adverbial numbers, i.e. how many times)

Derived terms

  • androweyth (afternoon time)
  • boragweyth (morning twilight)
  • diwweyth (twice)
  • dydhweyth (daytime)
  • gorthugherweyth (evening time)
  • kanskweyth (a hundred times)
  • lies gweyth, lieskweyth (often)
  • lower gweyth (often)
  • milvilweyth (a million times)
  • milweyth (a thousand times)
  • myttinweyth (morning time)
  • nosweyth (night time)
  • osweyth (era)
  • peskweyth (how many times)
  • prysweyth (instance, occasion)
  • Sulgweyth (on Sunday)
  • teyrgweyth (thrice, three times)
  • treweythus (occasional, rare)
  • treweythyow (occasionally)
  • treweythyow (sometimes)
  • unweyth (once)

Noun

gweyth m (plural gweythyow)

  1. work
    Synonyms: gonis, hwel, lavur, ober

Derived terms

  • artweyth (artwork)
  • bern gweyth (workload)
  • brithweyth (mosaic)
  • brosweyth (embroidery)
  • bryckweyth (brickworks)
  • diweyth (unemployed)
  • dornweyth (handicraft)
  • dy'gweyth (week day)
  • galgweyth (crime)
  • galweyth (crime)
  • gemgweyth (jewellery)
  • gover gweyth (workstream)
  • gweytha (to apply)
  • gweythor m (worker)
  • gweythores f (worker)
  • gweythres (application)
  • gweythresans (activation)
  • gweythresek (active, functional)
  • gweythva (factory)
  • iselweyth (depression)
  • jynnweyth (machinery)
  • kalesweyth (hardware)
  • kammweyth (misdeed, trespass)
  • kesweyth (structure)
  • medhelweyth (software)
  • menweyth (masonry)
  • pannweyth (textiles)
  • prennweyth (woodwork)
  • priweyth (pottery)
  • priweythva (clay works)
  • rosweyth (network)
  • skeusenweyth (photography)
  • tanweyth (fireworks)
  • -weyth (-craft)

Mutation

Mutation of gweyth
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
gweyth weyth unchanged kweyth hweyth,
weyth*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.