-wr

wr WR ŵr Welsh Alternative forms cy -iwr Etymology From cy gŵr man, but semantically influenced due to similarity in form to English en -er and Latin la -or. Pronunciation cy /ʊr/ Suffix cy suffix plural -wyr m suffix indicating a person, especially an agent noun: -er, -or cy -edydd -iedydd -iwr -ydd cy tafarn pub tafarnwr landlord cy trydan electricity trydanwr electrician cy Sbaen Spain Sbaenwr Spaniard cy darlledu broadcast darlledwr broadcaster suffix indicating an instrument or machine: -er, -or cy -adur -edydd -iadur -iedydd -ydd cy copïo to copy copïwr copier cy sychu to dry sychwr drier Usage notes Despite being grammatically masculine, -wr only refers solely to males when a coordinate female term is available, for example, cy Sbaenwr Spaniard (male) vs cy Sbaenes Spaniard (female). When no female term is in current use, the grammatically masculine term in -wr is neutral as regards biological sex, for example cy trydanwr electrician (male or female). Use of the explicitly female suffix cy -wraig is old-fashioned outside of certain established terms. -wr is used on occasion to indicate an instrument or machine but other suffixes such as cy -ydd are more common. Derived terms cy Further reading