gwest

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡweːsd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡwɛsd/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *westā (“food, feast”).

The "guest" meaning is possibly influenced by English guest.

Noun

gwest f (plural gwesti or gweston)

1. a night's stay or lodging
2. a night's sleep, rest
3. lodging
4. hospitality, welcome, entertainment, provision, maintenance
5. food-rent
6. feast, banquet
7. guest, visitor

   Synonym: gwestai

Derived terms

• garddwest (“garden party”)
• gwestai (“guest”)
• gwesty (“guesthouse, hotel”)

 

Verb

gwest (first-person singular present gwestaf)

1. to spend a night, sleep, rest
2. to stay, lodge
3. to visit, feast
4. to borrow
5. to beg
6. to sponge (upon)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwest	west	ngwest	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vestis.

Noun

gwest f

1. vest

   Synonyms: fest, (Patagonia) singlet

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gwest

1. Soft mutation of cwest (“quest”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwest	gwest	nghwest	chwest
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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