cwrs

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English cours, itself borrowed from Old French cours, curs, from Latin cursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊrs/

Noun

cwrs m (plural cyrsiau)

1. course; manner of life; pursuit, chase; trouble
   1. space (of time), period, while; spell, fit; considerable quantity
   2. (education) course of instruction, series of lessons or lectures, etc.
2. order, rule
3. a course in a meal, a dish
4. lode; course (in masonry); layer

Derived terms

• wrth gwrs (“of course; by course, alternately, orderly, well-behaved”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwrs	gwrs	nghwrs	chwrs
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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