stryd

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch strijd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

stryd (plural stryde)

1. struggle
2. game

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt (“a road, a town-road, a street, a paved road, high road”), from Proto-West Germanic *strātu (“street”), an early borrowing from Late Latin (via) strāta (“paved (road)”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sdrɨːd/, [strɨːd]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /sdriːd/, [striːd]
• Rhymes: -ɨːd

Noun

stryd f (plural strydoedd, not mutable)

1. street

Derived terms

• stryd fawr

Further reading

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