gwregys

== Welsh == === Etymology === With metathesis from Old Welsh guecrissou, from Proto-Brythonic *gwö-krissus (“belt”, literally “below-shirt”) (compare Cornish grugys, Breton gouriz), derived from Proto-Celtic *krissus, whence Welsh crys (“shirt”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwrɛɡɨ̞s/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwreːɡɪs/, /ˈɡwrɛɡɪs/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡreːɡɪs/, /ˈɡrɛɡɪs/ === Noun === gwregys m (plural gwregysau) (clothing) belt, girdle (geography) belt, area, region, zone ==== Derived terms ==== Gwregys Llaethol (“Milky Way”) Gwregys Mawr (“Great Belt”) gwregys achub, gwregys nofio (“life belt”) gwregys y môr (“sea-belt”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwregys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies