hysbys

Welsh

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “GPC gives no etymology or cognates. Perhaps related to Proto-Brythonic *gwɨbod (“knowing”), with assimilation of the g? Or perhaps a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”)?”

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhəsbɨ̞s/, [ˈhəspɨ̞s]
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhəsbɪs/, [ˈhəspɪs]

Adjective

hysbys (feminine singular hysbys, plural hysbys, not comparable, not mutable)

known, evident
Synonym: gwybyddus

Related terms

anhysbys (“anonymous; unknown”)
dyn hysbys (“wizard”)
hysbyseb (“advertisement”)
hysbysebu (“to advertise”)
hysbysebwr (“advertiser”)
hysbysfwrdd (“noticeboard”)
hysbysiad (“announcement, notification”)
hysbysu (“to inform, to notify”)
hysbyswr (“informant”)

References

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