gwag

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwæːɡ/

Adjective

gwag

1. empty
2. hungry

Welsh

FWOTD – 9 November 2021

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaːɡ/
• Rhymes: -aːɡ

Adjective

gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)

1. empty, vacant
2. inane
3. frivolous, vain

   Synonym: ofer

Derived terms

• gwacáu (“to empty”)
• gwacter (“emptiness”)
• gwactod (“vacuum”)
• gwagedd (“emptiness, vanity”)
• gwagio (“to empty”)
• gwaglaw (“empty-handed”)
• gwagle (“empty space”)
• gwagnod (“nought”)
• gwagol (“empty”)
• gwagu (“to empty”)
• pennog (“herring”)
• penwag (“empty-headed, silly”)

 

Related terms

• foed (“void”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwag

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwag	wag	ngwag	unchanged

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