cesair

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kassris (“hail-shower”)[1] or *kass(a)rā,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”). Cognate with Breton kazerc'h, Cornish keser and Old Irish casar (“hail, lightning”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛsai̯r/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsai̯r

Noun

cesair m pl or f pl (singulative ceseiren or ceseiryn)

  1. (South Wales) hail, hailstones
    Synonym: cenllysg

Derived terms
  • bwrw cesair (“to hail”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cesair gesair nghesair chesair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96) Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-46
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*Kassarā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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