deddf

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós, “law, ordinance”).

Noun

deddf f (plural deddfau)

1. act, statute

Derived terms

• cynneddf (“attribute, quality; faculty”)
• deddfeg (“jurisprudence”)
• deddflyfr (“statute book”)
• deddfol (“legal, lawful”)
• deddfu (“to legislate”)
• deddfwr (“legislator”)
• is-ddeddf (“by-law”)

Mutation

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.