gwahân

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • gwahan (literary)
  • gwân, gohan (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“sub-, under”) + *sanis (“different”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart, without, for oneself”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“separate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈhaːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

gwahân m (uncountable)

  1. separation
  2. dissolution (of marriage)
  3. difference

Adjective

gwahân (feminine singular gwahân, plural gwahanion, not comparable)

  1. diverse, various
  2. distinct
  3. separate, detached

Derived terms

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

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