hwyr

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh hwyr, from Proto-Brythonic *huɨr; perhaps a borrowing from Latin sērus (although Latin loanwords in Proto-Brythonic usually retain word-initial s), or a native formation such as a blend of the ancestor of hir (“long”) with its comparative hwy, from the same root.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /huːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hʊi̯r/
• Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯r

Adjective

hwyr (feminine singular hwyr, plural hwyrion, equative hwyred, comparative hwyrach, superlative hwyraf, not mutable)

1. late

Noun

hwyr m (plural hwyrau, not mutable)

1. evening, nightfall

   Synonyms: cyfnos, brig y nos

Derived terms

• croes yr hwyr (“sweet rocket, dame's violet”)
• yn hwyr neu'n hwyrach (“sooner or later”)