Cheers in Cornish
Yeghes da
In Cornish, the phrase to know first is "Yeghes da!" (Cheers!). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
The Cornish toast is Yeghes da!, "good health". Below are the two spellings the dictionary gives. Each phrase comes with a short note on when to use it.
Greetings
Yeghes da!
Cheers!
Literally "good health". The dictionary's Middle-based (M) spelling.
'Eghes da!
Cheers!
The dictionary's Late-based (L) spelling of the same toast.
Useful words
yeghes
health
The first word of the toast.
About the words
The Akademi Kernewek dictionary gives "cheers!" as yeghes da! in its Middle-based (M) spelling and 'eghes da! in its Late-based (L) spelling. Yeghes means health and da means good; the Welsh toast iechyd da is built the same way.
Common questions
How do you say cheers in Cornish?
Yeghes da!
Cheers in the other Celtic languages
Further reading
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Sources
Every phrase and fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Last checked 2026-10-20.
- Akademi Kernewek, Gerlyver Kernewek (Standard Written Form): cheers! 'eghes da! L idiom, yeghes da! M idiom
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Tatoeba: Tatoeba #5976697 by Kevre, CC BY 2.0 FR
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