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

• diwweyth (“twice”)
• lies gweyth (“often”)
• lower gweyth (“often”)
• peskweyth (“how many times”)
• teyrgweyth (“thrice, three times”)
• treweythyow (“sometimes”)
• unweyth (“once”)

Noun

gweyth m (plural gweythyow)

1. work

   Synonyms: gonis, hwel, lavur, ober

Derived terms

• artweyth (“artwork”)
• bern gweyth (“workload”)
• bryckweyth (“brickworks”)
• dornweyth (“handicraft”)
• galweyth (“crime”)
• gover gweyth (“workstream”)
• gweytha (“to apply”)
• gweythor m (“worker”)
• gweythores f (“worker”)
• gweythres (“application”)
• gweythresans (“activation”)
• gweythresek (“active, functional”)
• gweythva (“factory”)
• menweyth (“masonry”)
• prennweyth (“woodwork”)
• priweythva (“clay works”)
• rosweyth (“network”)
• -weyth (“-craft”)

Mutation

Mutation of gweyth

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gweyth	weyth	unchanged	kweyth	hweyth	weyth

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