gwest

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Celtic *westā (“food, feast”).

    The "guest" meaning is possibly influenced by English guest.

    Noun

    gwest f (plural gwesti or gweston)

    1. a night's stay or lodging
    2. a night's sleep, rest
    3. lodging
    4. hospitality, welcome, entertainment, provision, maintenance
    5. food-rent
    6. feast, banquet
    7. guest, visitor
      Synonym: gwestai
    Derived terms
    • garddwest (“garden party”)
    • gwestai (“guest”)
    • gwesty (“guesthouse, hotel”)

    Verb

    gwest (first-person singular present gwestaf)

    1. to spend a night, sleep, rest
    2. to stay, lodge
    3. to visit, feast
    4. to borrow
    5. to beg
    6. to sponge (upon)
    Mutation
    Mutated forms of gwest
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    gwest west ngwest unchanged

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

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin vestis.

    Noun

    gwest f

    1. vest
      Synonyms: fest, (Patagonia) singlet

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    gwest

    1. soft mutation of cwest (“quest”)
    Mutation
    Mutated forms of cwest
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cwest gwest nghwest chwest

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

    References

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