rhyddfraint
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom rhydd (“free”) + braint (“privilege”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrhyddfraint 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
editWelsh mutation | |||
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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