chwys

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh chuis, from Proto-Brythonic, from Proto-Celtic *swissos, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /χwɨːs/
(South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /χwiːs/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʍiːs/

Noun

chwys m (uncountable, not mutable)

sweat

Derived terms

crys chwys (“sweatshirt”)
chwys (“sweaty”)
cochwys (“sweaty and bloody”)

References

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

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