hiraethn.

Brit.

/ˈhɪərʌɪθ/, U.S.

/ˈhɪrˌaɪθ/, Welsh English /ˈhiəraiθ/

Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh hiraeth.

Etymology: < Welsh hiraeth (13th cent.), cognate with Middle Cornish, Cornish hireth , Breton hiraezh , in the same sense (in Middle Breton in the derivative hiraezeuc , adjective), and further cognate with (or formed similarly to) Early Irish sírecht deprivation, longing, lamentation (Irish síreacht ) < the Celtic base of Gaulish sīros long, Early Irish sír long, constant, Old Welsh, Welsh hir long, far-reaching ( < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin sērus late: see sero n.) + a suffix forming abstract nouns.

Welsh English.

Originally and chiefly in the context of Wales and Welsh culture: deep longing for a person or thing which is absent or lost; yearning; nostalgia; spec. homesickness.

ΚΠ

1860 J. Owen Gems Welsh Melody 1st Ser. 19 Till death be pass'd my love shall last, My longing, my hiraeth for Wales.

1989 Sydney Morning Herald 6 Jan. (Late ed.) 8/3 I could not begin to put into words the hiraeth that the Welsh feel for the mountains and valleys of their homeland.

2017 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Electronic ed.) 9 Sept. 24 His ‘empty chair’..resonates with homes all over Wales where there were other empty chairs and hiraeth for the young men who never returned from the trenches.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hiraeth
释义	hiraethn. Brit. /ˈhɪərʌɪθ/, U.S. /ˈhɪrˌaɪθ/, Welsh English /ˈhiəraiθ/ Origin: A borrowing from Welsh. Etymon: Welsh hiraeth. Etymology: < Welsh hiraeth (13th cent.), cognate with Middle Cornish, Cornish hireth , Breton hiraezh , in the same sense (in Middle Breton in the derivative hiraezeuc , adjective), and further cognate with (or formed similarly to) Early Irish sírecht deprivation, longing, lamentation (Irish síreacht ) < the Celtic base of Gaulish sīros long, Early Irish sír long, constant, Old Welsh, Welsh hir long, far-reaching ( < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin sērus late: see sero n.) + a suffix forming abstract nouns. Welsh English. Originally and chiefly in the context of Wales and Welsh culture: deep longing for a person or thing which is absent or lost; yearning; nostalgia; spec. homesickness. ΚΠ 1860 J. Owen Gems Welsh Melody 1st Ser. 19 Till death be pass'd my love shall last, My longing, my hiraeth for Wales. 1989 Sydney Morning Herald 6 Jan. (Late ed.) 8/3 I could not begin to put into words the hiraeth that the Welsh feel for the mountains and valleys of their homeland. 2017 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Electronic ed.) 9 Sept. 24 His ‘empty chair’..resonates with homes all over Wales where there were other empty chairs and hiraeth for the young men who never returned from the trenches. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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