Cornish word

klav

sick

adjective

klav means “sick” in Cornish and is used as a adjective.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	klav
Treylyans medhel / nessa studh	glav
Treylyans hwythus / tressa studh	hlav
Treylyans kemyskys / pympes studh	hlav

Ny yll ev dos; klav yw.

He cannot come, he is ill.

Ny yll ev dos drefen y vos klav.

Because he's sick, he can't come.

Ev yw klav.

He is ill.

Ny ylli dos drefen y vos klav.

He could not come because he was ill.

My a brederis y vos klav.

I thought he was sick.

Health

anlaghel

illegal

anlettrys

illiterate

anven

weak

bodhar

deaf

bodharek

half-deaf

byw

alive

dall

blind

dibayn

painless

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