gwest

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡweːsd/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɛsd/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *westā (“food, feast”). The "guest" meaning is possibly influenced by English guest. ==== Noun ==== gwest f (plural gwesti or gweston) a night's stay or lodging a night's sleep, rest lodging hospitality, welcome, entertainment, provision, maintenance food-rent feast, banquet guest, visitor Synonym: gwestai ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== gwest (first-person singular present gwestaf) to spend a night, sleep, rest to stay, lodge to visit, feast to borrow to beg to sponge (upon) ===== Mutation ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin vestis. ==== Noun ==== gwest f vest Synonyms: fest, (Patagonia) singlet === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== gwest soft mutation of cwest (“quest”) ===== Mutation ===== === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies