gwasg

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wedsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead, thrust, urge, press”). Cognate with Irish fáisc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwasɡ/, [ɡwask]
• Rhymes: -asɡ

Noun

gwasg f (plural gwasgau or gwasgoedd or gweisg)

1. pressing, squeezing
2. pressure, crush, weight, stress, heaviness, constriction, compression
3. (figurative) adversity, distress, confinement, bondage, oppression
4. press (for extracting juice)

   gwasg gaws ― cheese press

5. printing press
6. waist, middle
7. belt, girdle, truss, bodice

Derived terms

• gwasg argraffu (“printing press”)
• gwasg win (“wine press”)
• gwasgu (“to press, to squeeze”)
• hywasg (“compressible”)
• llinyn gwasg (“waistband”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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