drwg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh drwc, from Proto-Brythonic *drug, from Proto-Celtic *drukos (compare Old Irish droch).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /druːɡ/
Rhymes: -uːɡ

Adjective

drwg (feminine singular drwg, plural drygion, equative cynddrwg or dryced, comparative gwaeth or drycach, superlative gwaethaf or drycaf)

bad, evil
Synonyms: anfad, ysgeler
bad, naughty
Synonyms: direidus, drygionus

Usage notes

The lesser-used equative, comparative and superlative forms (dryced, drycach, drycaf) are exclusively used with the sense “naughty”.

Derived terms

drwgabsen (“slander”)
drwgdeimlad (“resentment”)
drycin (“bad weather”)
drycsawr, drygwynt (“stench”)
drygioni (“naughtiness”)
gwaed drwg (“bad blood”)
mawrddrwg (“wickedness”)
mwg drwg (“weed, marijuana”)
y dinas fawr ddrwg (“the big bad city”)
y Dyn Drwg, y gŵr drwg, yr un drwg (“the Devil”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *drwg*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
drwg	ddrwg	nrwg	unchanged

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