deddf
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *dedmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós, “law, ordinance”).[1][2]
Noun
editdeddf f (plural deddfau)
Derived terms
edit- cynneddf (“attribute, quality; faculty”)
- deddfeg (“jurisprudence”)
- deddflyfr (“statute book”)
- deddfol (“legal, lawful”)
- deddfu (“to legislate”)
- deddfwr (“legislator”)
- is-ddeddf (“by-law”)
Related terms
edit- defod (“ceremony, ritual; custom”)
Mutation
edit| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| deddf | ddeddf | neddf | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
edit- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 104 iv 2
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dedmV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 93