llosg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llosg, from Old Welsh losc, from Proto-Celtic *luxskā, from Proto-Indo-European *luk-s-ko-s, from *lewk- (“bright”). Cognate of Old Cornish losc, Old Irish loscaid (“to burn”), and Russian лоск (losk, “gloss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɬɔsɡ/, [ɬɔsk]
• Rhymes: -ɔsɡ

Adjective

llosg (feminine singular llosg, plural llosg, equative llosged, comparative llosgach, superlative llosgaf)

1. burning

Derived terms

• golosg
• gwlyblosg
• llosg eira
• llosg haul
• llosgaberth
• llosgach
• llosgadwy
• llosgedig
• llosgedd
• llosgelor
• llosgen
• llosgenau
• llosgfa
• llosgfaen
• llosgfal
• llosgfan
• llosgfaol
• llosgfeinhâl
• llosgfynydd
• llosgi
• llosgiad
• llosgol
• llosgwr
• llosgydd

 

Verb

llosg

1. second-person singular imperative of llosgi

Mutation

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