See also: ydd and YDD

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð.

Suffix

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-ydd

  1. pluralization suffix
    Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -yr, -ys
    cyfarfod (meeting) + ‎-ydd → ‎cyfarfodydd (meetings)
    afon (river) + ‎-ydd → ‎afonydd (rivers)
    gwaun (moor, heath) + ‎-ydd → ‎gweunydd (moors, heaths)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð, from Proto-Celtic *‑iyū.[1] Cognate with Cornish -ydh.

Suffix

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-ydd m (plural -wyr or -yddion)

  1. suffix indicating a person, especially an agent noun: -er, -or, -ist
    Synonyms: -edydd, -iedydd, -wr
    cig (meat) + ‎-ydd → ‎cigydd (butcher)
    adar (birds) + ‎-ydd → ‎adarydd (ornithologist)
    llywio (to steer) + ‎-ydd → ‎llywydd (president)
  2. suffix indicating an instrument, machine or substance, especially an agent noun: -er, -or
    Synonyms: -adur, -edydd, -iadur, -iedydd, -iwr, -wr
    hydoddi (to dissolve) + ‎-ydd → ‎hydoddydd (solvent)
    adweithio (to react) + ‎-ydd → ‎adweithydd (reactor)
    taflunio (to project) + ‎-ydd → ‎taflunydd (projector)

Etymology 3

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Suffix

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-ydd

  1. suffix indicating a noun or adjective
    llafar (spoken, oral) + ‎-ydd → ‎lleferydd (speech)
    llawn (full) + ‎-ydd → ‎llonydd (still, quiet)
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iv (9)