grasus

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh grasus. By surface analysis, gras (“grace”) +‎ -us. Perhaps influenced in form by English gracious.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grasus (feminine singular grasus, plural grasus, equative grasused, comparative grasusach, superlative grasusaf)

  1. gracious, kind, benevolent
  2. Synonyms: grasol, graslon, rhadlon, hynaws
  3. pleasant, amiable
    Synonyms: dymunol, hawddgar

Derived terms

  • grasusol (“gracious, kindly”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of grasus
radical soft nasal aspirate
grasus rasus ngrasus unchanged

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “grasus”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “grasus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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