llawer

From Middle Welsh llauer, from Proto-Celtic *lawaros (compare Old Irish lour (“enough”), modern Irish (go) leor), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, prize”); compare Ancient Greek λᾱρός (lārós, “tasty”).

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬau̯.ɛr/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬau̯.ar/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬau̯.ɛr/
• Rhymes: -au̯ɛr

llawer

1. a lot; much; many

llawer m (plural llaweroedd)

1. much; a great deal

• o lawer (“much; by a lot”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llawer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies