Wiktionary

dy-

PolishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin di-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɨ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Syllabification: dy

PrefixEdit

dy-

  1. di-
    ‎dy- + ‎chromatyczny → ‎dychromatyczny
    Synonyms: bi-, dwu-

Derived termsEdit

Category Polish terms prefixed with dy- not found

Further readingEdit

  • dy- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dy- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Welsh dy-, from Proto-Celtic *dus-, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-.[1]

PrefixEdit

dy-

  2. bad
    ‎dy- + ‎llaw (“hand”) → ‎dylaw (“clumsy”)
Derived termsEdit
Category Welsh terms prefixed with dy- (bad) not found

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Celtic *do-, from Proto-Indo-European *do.[2]

PrefixEdit

dy-

  2. to, together
    ‎dy- + ‎mynnu (“to insist”) → ‎dyfyn (“summons”)
    ‎dy- + ‎crŷn (“trembling”) → ‎dychryn (“to frighten”)
Usage notesEdit

This prefix causes soft mutation except before cl and cr, which become chl and chr.[2]

Derived termsEdit
Welsh terms prefixed with dy- (together)

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dy- ddy- ny- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 14
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 13

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dy-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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