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Welsh

Welsh

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About Wales, its people or language
  • adjective
  • /wɛlʃ/
translation icon : galés
  • "A beautiful Welsh girl deserves a beautiful Welsh name."
  • Welsh language
  • Welsh culture
  • Welsh English

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Examples

  • Her abiding importance to the Welsh people is also clear from Welsh folklore.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I'll make a Welsh rabbit and we'll celebrate.

  • However, while Welsh statehood had ended, the defiant spirit of the Welsh people had not.

  • At the age of thirty-four, he was married to an area seamstress of Welsh descent.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • And very early on we got really good support from the Welsh Government and the Scots government, and they backed the app and did some PR.

  • The investiture of Prince Charles was a state occasion before the Welsh people at Carnarvon Castle on the 1st July, 1969.

  • A Welsh rarebit.

  • The children are learning about traditional Welsh culture in their history class.

  • She enjoys speaking Welsh with her grandmother during their weekly calls.

  • The concert featured a famous Welsh choir, showcasing the country's rich musical heritage.

Compounds

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Melted cheese served hot on toast, often with beer or mustard

1 7.9

A hot dish of melted cheese mixed with beer served on toasted bread

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A small, long-bodied dog with short legs and pointed ears used for herding

A small herding dog from Wales with rounded ears, a long tail, short legs, and a strong body

A small dog from Wales with a short tail, pointed ears, and short legs

A medium-sized friendly hunting dog with a red and white coat from Wales

A small dog with rough fur bred in Wales for hunting

An edible herb people use to flavor salads and cooked food

A small, strong pony from Wales that is gentle and smart

A garden flower with pale yellow, showy petals that grows well in shade

A black breed of cattle from Wales raised for both meat and milk

A hair comb with wide teeth from Wales used to untangle curly hair

A Celtic language spoken in Wales

A plant with long green stems and small white bulbs used in cooking for a mild onion taste

Surface Forms

Welsh positive

Morphology

Welsh = Wales (transparent) = Wales + ish

The adjective is formed by the regular adjectival suffix '-ish' attached to the place name; meaning directly relates to Wales.

Etymology

The word Welsh comes from the old English words wealh and Wealas, which meant 'foreigner' and was used for the people of that land, later called Wales. So as an adjective Welsh means 'of or from Wales'.