dichon

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From a Proto-Celtic *dī-ad-kān-, from *dī- (“from, of”) + *ad- (“ad-”) + a root *kān- (“sound”) that also appears in gwogawn (“glory”), gogoniant (“splendour”), and digon (“enough”).^[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “*kān- looks like it could be related to Proto-Celtic *kaneti (“to sing”).”

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪχɔn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːχɔn/, /ˈdɪχɔn/

Adverb edit

dichon

(literary) perhaps, maybe
Synonym: efallai
- 2010 February 18, Glyn Evans, “Yn gryno yn Gymraeg”, in BBC Cymru Cylchgrawn‎^[1]:
  Dichon y dywaid rhai fod gennym yn barod ddigon, onid gormod, o gyfnodolion Cymraeg.
  Maybe some said that we had enough, if not too many, Welsh periodicals.

References edit

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

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

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