hireth

== Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *hiraɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *sīraxto-, akin to Gaulish siraxta (“longing”). Cognate with Welsh hiraeth. === Pronunciation === (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): /ˈhɪrɛθ/ === Noun === hireth f (plural hirethow) homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or for a home which may have never been an intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness the grief for the lost places of your past ==== Usage notes ==== Hireth is a difficult word to translate precisely. It, the Welsh hiraeth and the Breton hiraezh are said to be the only exact equivalents of the Portuguese saudade. === References ===