-ydd

See also: ydd and YDD

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð.

Suffix

-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

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

Suffix

-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”)

Suffix

-ydd

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

References

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