单词 | cymraeg |
释义 | Cymraegn. The Welsh language. In early use also: = Brittonic n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Brythonic > Welsh WelshOE Welsh British1610 Cymraeg1743 a1568 J. Prise & H. Llwyd Descr. Cambria 2 in H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria (1584) This part [of the country] was after his [sc. Camber's] name called Cambria, and the inhabitants thereof Cambry, and their language Camberaec, and so are at this daie.] 1743 J. Owen Compl. & Impartial Hist. Anc. Britons I. Introd. 20 The Celtic or Gaulish Tongue, which we call Kymraeg. 1789 N. Webster Diss. on Eng. Lang. 50 The Irish language might be somewhat changed by Cantabrian words, imported by the Scots from Spain; and the Cymraeg or British might suffer considerable changes during 400 years subjection to the Romans. 1866 Anthropol. Rev. 4 213 With regard to the language of North Britain..there are good grounds for inferring that it was a dialect of Gaelic, having more in common with Cymraeg and other British dialects. 1879 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 42 580 The Cymraig branch, since the extinction of Cornish, is now represented only by the Welsh. 1896 M. Williams David in J. Aaron View across Valley (1999) ii. 14 ‘Good evening to thee, Uncle Bili,’ sang out David in his sonorous Cymraeg. 1957 D. Jones Epoch & Artist (1959) 59 In fact, already, long before 1600, the higher in the firmament of power the fewer the voices speaking the clear-vowelled Cymraeg, the language that had been the language of princes. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Dec. vi. 46/1 Cymraeg is spoken most generally in the north and west, but even in parts of Wales where the use of Welsh as a vernacular died long ago, its influence is pervasive still. 2004 Independent 6 Oct. 12/5 Above all, the English tried to stifle that essential inspiration of Welshness, Cymraeg. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1743 |
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