Words for dry and to dry in Celtic languages.
Old Irish (Goídelc) | tírim = dry |
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Irish (Gaeilge) | tirim [tʲɾʲɪmʲ] = dry, parched, thirsty, without mortar, solid, bare triomú = to dry |
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) | tirim [tʲirʲɪm] = arid, dry; droughty, mealy tiormaich [tʲirəmɪç] = to dry, make dry, parch, dry up |
Manx (Gaelg) | çhirrym [tʲɾʲɪmʲ] = arid, dry, waterless, sapless chyrmaghey = to dry, dry up |
Sources: Wiktionary, Am Faclair Beag, teanglann.ie, On-Line Manx Dictionary
Proto-Brythonic | *sɨx [ˈsɨːx] = dry |
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Old Welsh | sech = dry, arid |
Middle Welsh (Kymraec) | sych = dry, arid |
Welsh (Cymraeg) | sych [sɨːχ / siːχ] = dry, arid sychu [ˈsəχɨ / ˈsəχi] = to dry; drain, deplete; become dry, dry up, wither; heal, wipe |
Cornish (Kernewek) | segh [ze:h] / sygh [sɪ:x] = arid, dry segha [‘sɛha / ‘zɛhɐ] = to dry, wipe |
Breton (Brezhoneg) | sec’h [ˈsɛːχ] = dry, unproductive (field) sec’hañ = to dry |
Etymology: from the Latin siccus (dry, sober, thirsty) [source].
Sources: Wiktionary, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, Gerlyver Kernewek, Dictionnaire Favereau