-iaidd
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh -eid, from Proto-Celtic *‑adi̯os. Cognate with Old Irish -de,[1] Greek -άδα (-áda), Latin -idus.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /jai̯ð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /jɛð/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /jai̯ð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /jɛð/
Suffix edit
-iaidd
- adjectival suffix, -like, -y
- llun (“shape, form”) + -iaidd → lluniaidd (“shapely, well-formed”)
- dewin (“wizard”) + -iaidd → dewiniaidd (“divinatory”)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-iaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 153 i (3)