Olympaidd
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English Olympic + -aidd.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔˈlɨ̞mpai̯ð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔˈlɨ̞mpɛð/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ɔˈlɪmpai̯ð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔˈlɪmpɛð/
- Rhymes: -ɨ̞mpai̯ð
Adjective edit
Olympaidd (feminine singular Olympaidd, plural Olympaidd, not comparable)
- Olympic, Olympian
- 2020 March 12, Golwg360[1]:
- Gyda choronafeirws yn lledu ledled y byd, roedd defod cynnau’r fflam Olympaidd yn dipyn llai ysblennydd eleni.
- With coronavirus spreading across the world, the Olympic flame lighting ceremony was a little less spectacular this year.
Derived terms edit
- Gemau Olympaidd (“Olympic Games”)
- fflam Olympaidd (“Olympic flame”)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Olympaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies