mwy

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *māyos, comparative form of *māros, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-. Cognate with Irish mó and Scottish Gaelic mò.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mwy

  1. comparative degree of mawr (“big, large”)

Noun

mwy

  1. more
    Mae mwy o fwyta ar y bwrdd ’na.
    There is more food on that table.

Adverb

mwy

  1. Used to form comparative constructions with adjectives.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mwy fwy unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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