lleddf

Welsh

Adjective

lleddf (feminine singular lleddf, plural lleddf, equative lleddfed, comparative lleddfach, superlative lleddfaf)

1. slanting, sloping
2. mournful, melancholy, plaintive
3. crooked, awry
4. humble, lowly, mild
5. (music) minor

   Synonym: lleiaf

Derived terms

• goleddf (“hillside, slope; slant, incline”)
• lleddfder (“plaintiveness, melancholy”)
• lleddfol (“palliative”)
• lleddfu (“to soothe, to assuage”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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