trydan
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom try- (“affirmative prefix”) + tân (“fire”). Compare Cornish tredan and Breton tredan.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittrydan m (uncountable)
Adjective
edittrydan (feminine singular trydan, plural trydan, not comparable)
Derived terms
edit- blanced drydan (“electric blanket”)
- trydan dŵr (“hydroelectricity”)
- trydaniad (“electrification”)
- trydanladdiad (“electrocution”)
- trydanol, trydanllyd (“electrical”)
- trydanu, trydaneiddio (“to electrify”)
- trydanwr (“electrician”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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trydan | drydan | nhrydan | thrydan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trydan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies