chwerw

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• chero, cherv, chuerw, guero

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hwerw, from Proto-Celtic *swerwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xwerw/

Adjective

chwerw

1. bitter (having an acrid taste)

Descendants

• Welsh: chwerw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh chwerw, from Proto-Brythonic *hwerw, from Proto-Celtic *swerwos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈχwɛru/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈχweːru/, /ˈχwɛru/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈʍeːru/, /ˈʍɛru/

Adjective

chwerw (feminine singular chwerw, plural chwerwon, equative chwerwed, comparative chwerwach, superlative chwerwaf, not mutable)

1. bitter (having an acrid taste)

Derived terms

• chwerwder (“bitterness”)
• chwerwddwr (“cucumber”)

See also

Basic tastes in Welsh (layout · text)
melys	sur / egr	hallt	chwerw	sbeislyd	sawrus

Further reading

• Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎^[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwerw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies