rhuddlas

Welsh

Etymology

rhudd (“red”) +‎ glas (“blue”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɨ̞ðlas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɪðlas/

Adjective

rhuddlas (feminine singular rhuddlas, plural rhuddleision, equative rhuddlased, comparative rhuddlasach, superlative rhuddlasaf)

1. violet, purple

   Synonym: fioled

Derived terms

• amrhydlwyd rhuddlas (“blue fleabane”)
• corswellt rhuddlas (“blue moor-grass”)
• ffacbys rhuddlas, ffugbys rhuddlas arw-godog (“Bithynian vetch”)
• llaethlys rhuddlas, fflamgoed ruddlas (“purple spurge”)
• llaethwyg rhuddlas (“purple milk-vetch”)
• maglys rhuddlas (“alfalfa, lucerne, purple medick”)
• meligwellt rhuddlas (“mountain melick; purple moor-grass”)
• rhosyn rhuddlas (“hairy dog-rose”)
• rhuddlas y gors (“marsh marigold”)
• rhuddlasu (“to become violet”)
• rhuddlaswyn (“pale violet, mauve”)
• tywodlys rhuddlas (“sand spurrey”)
• y galdrist ruddlas (“violet helleborine”)

 

Mutation

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

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn