Welsh [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Proto-Brythonic *hiraɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *sīr-axto-, akin to Gaulish siraxta (“longing”). Compare Cornish hireth and Breton hiraezh.

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Noun [ edit ]

hiraeth m (uncountable)

nostalgia, homesickness longing, wistfulness; an earnest desire regret

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