rhyddfraint
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From rhydd (“free”) + braint (“privilege”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rhyddfraint f (plural rhyddfreiniau)
- freedom, franchise, privilege (right officially conferred by a government or similar)
- emancipation, manumission
- (uncountable) freedom of the city, freemanship
Derived terms edit
- rhyddfreinio (“to enfranchise; to emancipate”)
- rhyddfreiniwr (“freeman”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| rhyddfraint | ryddfraint | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhyddfraint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies