sobr

• sobor (colloquial)

Inherited from Middle Welsh sobyr, from Middle English sober.

sobr (feminine singular sobr, plural sobrion, equative mor sobr or cyn sobred, comparative mwy sobr or sobrach, superlative mwyaf sobr or sobraf, not mutable)

1. sober, abstemious

   Synonym: ymatalgar

2. sober, staid, serious

   Synonyms: cymedrol, pwyllog, difrifol, dwys

3. simple, plain, undecorated

   Synonyms: syml, plaen, diaddurn

4. extreme, awful, terrible

   Synonyms: eithafol, ofnadwy, dychrynllyd

• mor sobr â'r saint, cyn sobred â'r saint (“as sober as a judge”, literally “as sober as the saints”)
• sobr o (“extremely, awfully”)
• sobryn, sobren (“sober person”)
• sobrwydd (“sobriety”)

• syber (“proud, refined”)

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