Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From lleddf (sloping, slanting; mournful, melancholy; crooked; humble, lowly; minor) +‎ -der (-ness).

Noun

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lleddfder m (uncountable)

  1. melancholy, mournfulness, plaintiveness, sadness

Mutation

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

Further reading

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