Welsh

Noun

hiraeth m (uncountable)

1. homesickness
2. an intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness

Related terms

• hiraethu

Usage notes

Hiraeth is a difficult word to translate precisely. It, the Cornish hireth and the Breton hiraezh are said to be the only exact equivalents of the Portuguese saudade ^[1].

References

1. ↑ Williams, Robert. Lexicon Cornu-britannicum. pg.217