{"id":9261,"date":"2026-07-25T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=9261"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:40:19","slug":"awkwardly-clumsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/07\/25\/awkwardly-clumsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkwardly Clumsy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we&rsquo;re looking at words for <strong>awkward<\/strong>, <strong>clumsy<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/humanesociety\/6461562119\/in\/photolist-zJFfYN-ahTv8p-94q1Tw-9oe5JH-aQZcir-fzyKX-dGwrVW-HmSQQS-8cwopk-zMQiny-zfE7S7-A1kYbg-Aaowuo-A388Hy-zJFc4y-AbiqvP-A87X5D-A83sGL-ADpNeu-A95n5i-Ap6N7Q-A1f7Jm-AcVdL3-A83u7E-zV6FPW-zSQcvK-A87XXk-ADpKpm-zQvtjj-AhRrkZ-zbeEnp-zXCt9w-2izMFru-zdsidc-2izHJsZ-3pGezL-4QW8wn-2pSCfwP-4R1jxS-4QW79p-4QW87R-4R1kBu-WLvk4w-4QW6ZB-c49jcq-4QW7S4-4QW8f8-6cK82h-mMz5C-6qtMg1\" title='\"Dixie Lou\" - Jennifer in Houston, TX'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7016\/6461562119_9eecd9f856_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt='\"Dixie Lou\" - Jennifer in Houston, TX'><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*trudskos<\/strong> = leprous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Gaulish<\/th>\n<td><strong>Troxo, &#66325;&#66323;&#66319;&#66327;&#66319;<\/strong> = (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Irish (Go&iacute;delc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trosc<\/strong> = leprosy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trosc<\/strong> = leprosy<br>\n<strong>trusca(e), trousca<\/strong> = smallpox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trosc&dagger;<\/strong> = leper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n<td><strong>*trusk<\/strong> = (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trwsgl, trosgl, trwsgwl, trwscwl<\/strong> = awkward, clumsy, crude, rude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trwsgl<\/strong> [&#712;tr&#650;s&#609;l] = awkward, clumsy, unskilful, unpolished, crude, rude, badly proportioned, strong, gross, coarse, dense, thick<br>\n<strong>trwsglaidd, trysglaidd<\/strong> = (quite) clumsy or awkward<br>\n<strong>trwsgleiddiaf, trwsgleiddio<\/strong> = to make clumsy or coarse<br>\n<strong>trwsgleiddiwch<\/strong> = clumsiness, awkwardness, carelessness, a bungling, shoddy work<br>\n<strong>trwsglyn<\/strong> = bungler, botcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trosgan<\/strong> = cleverness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trusci<\/strong> = scabs on a wound (?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trousq<\/strong> = scabs on a wound<br>\n<strong>trousquen<\/strong> = the scab of a wound<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>trousk<\/strong> [&#712;trusk] = scab on a wound, scabs, polyps<br>\n<strong>trouskenn<\/strong> = scab on a wound, scab, scar, crust<br>\n<strong>trouskenna&ntilde;<\/strong> = to form a scab, to become encrusted, to scarify, to form a crust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: unknown, related to Gothic <em>&#66360;&#66370;&#66367;&#66372;&#66371;&#66374;&#66361;&#66363;&#66363;<\/em> (&thorn;rutsfill &ndash; leprosy) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/trudskos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>liobarnach<\/strong> = numb with cold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\n<td><strong>liobar<\/strong> [&#712;l&#800;&#690;&#616;b&#736;&#601;&#638;&#736;] = hanging lip, something saggy, untidy person, flabby person or thing<br>\n<strong>liobairne<\/strong> [&#712;l&#810;&#736;&#606;b&#736;&#601;&#638;&#736;n&#800;&#690;&#601;] = looseness<br>\n<strong>liobarnach<\/strong> [&#712;l&#690;&#616;b&#736;&#601;&#638;&#736;n&#810;&#736;&#601;x] = unwieldy, clumsy, floppy, flabby, hanging loose, sloppy, tattered, slovely<br>\n<strong>liopasta<\/strong> = untidy, ungainly, clumsy<br>\n<strong>liopastacht<\/strong> = untidiness, clumsiness<br>\n<strong>liopast&aacute;n<\/strong> = untidy person, clumsy person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Scottish Gaelic (G&agrave;idhlig)<\/th>\n<td><strong>liobair<\/strong> = person with thick or hanging lips, slovenly or awkward person<br>\n<strong>liobarnach<\/strong> slovely, awkward<br>\n<strong>liobasta<\/strong> [l&#810;&#690;ib&#601;sd&#601;] = awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, unwieldy<br>\n<strong>liobastach<\/strong> [l&#810;&#690;ib&#601;sd&#601;x] = awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, unwieldy<br>\n<strong>libisteachd<\/strong> [l&#810;&#690;ib&#618;&#643;d&#690;&#601;xg] = clumsiness<br>\n<strong>libistear<\/strong> [l&#810;&#690;ib&#618;&#643;d&#690;&#601;r] = clumsy person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\n<td><strong>lheibeidjagh<\/strong> = cumbersome, unwieldy, difficult to walk on<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Etymology<\/strong>: unknown, possibly related to English <strong>slippery<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_Gaelic_Language\/L\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faclair.com\/\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/ceann\">Teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dil.ie\/\">eDIL &ndash; Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/sengoidelc\/duil-belrai\/english.html\">In D&uacute;il B&eacute;lrai English &ndash; Old Irish glossary<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/geiriadur.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/browse?field_word_value=penn\">Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brezhoneg.bzh\/87-termofis.htm\">TermOfis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.ac.uk\/Resources\/Documents\/Research\/CelticLanguages\/EnglishProtoCelticWordList.pdf\">English &ndash; ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic\">Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we&#8217;re looking at words for awkward, clumsy and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *trudskos = leprous Gaulish Troxo, \ud800\udf15\ud800\udf13\ud800\udf0f\ud800\udf17\ud800\udf0f = (?) Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) trosc = leprosy Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) trosc = leprosy trusca(e), trousca = smallpox Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig) trosc\u2020 = leper Proto-Brythonic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,21,3,22,5,37,7,27,8,10,11,12,23,43,18,14],"tags":[436,52,80,437,51,145,48,56,47,53,49,55,438,50],"class_list":["post-9261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words","tag-awkward","tag-breton","tag-celtic","tag-clumsy","tag-cornish","tag-etymology","tag-gaelic","tag-gaulish","tag-irish","tag-language","tag-manx","tag-scottish-gaelic","tag-slovenly","tag-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9264,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9261\/revisions\/9264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}