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Hiraeth
Hiraeth
is a
Welsh
word
for
homesickness
or
nostalgia
, an
earnest
longing
or
desire
, or a
sense
of
regret
.
The Cornish
and
Breton
equivalents
are "hireth" and "hiraezh".
The word
is from a
Proto-Celtic
*sīraxto-
,
cognate
with
Old Irish
sírecht
.