bendigaid

Welsh

Etymology

bendigo (“to worship, to praise”) +‎ -aid

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /bɛnˈdɪɡai̯d/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /bɛnˈdɪɡɛd/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /bɛnˈdiːɡai̯d/, /bɛnˈdɪɡai̯d/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /bɛnˈdiːɡɛd/, /bɛnˈdɪɡɛd/

Noun

bendigaid (feminine singular bendigaid, plural bendigeidion, equative mor fendigaid, comparative mwy bendigaid, superlative mwyaf bendigaid)

1. blessed, worthy of worship, laudable

   Synonyms: addoladwy, bendigol

Derived terms

• derwen Fendigaid (“common vervain”)
• dŵr bendigaid (“holy water”)
• gwenith bendigaid (“variety of wheat”)
• gwŷg bendigaid, gwyran bendigaid (“wild sainfoin”)
• haidd bendigaid (“square-eared barley”)
• hocys bendigaid (“marsh mallow”)
• Mair Fendigaid (“Holy Mary”)
• rhedyn bendigaid (“royal ferns”)
• y clefyd bendigaid (“epilepsy”)
• y Cymun Bendigaid (“Holy Communion”)
• y greulys fendigaid, dail y fendigaid (“St. John's wort, tutsan”)
• y Groes Fendigaid (“Orion's Belt”)
• Y Wlad Fendigaid (“the Holy Land”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bendigaid	fendigaid	mendigaid	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.