hydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sido- (“elk, stag”), probably borrowed from a substrate. Cognate with Old Irish sed / seg and Breton heizes.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨːð/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /hiːð/
Homophone: hudd (“dark, gloomy”)
Rhymes: -ɨːð

Noun

hydd m (plural hyddod, feminine hyddes or ewig, not mutable)

stag, hart

Hypernyms

carw (“deer”)

Derived terms

ban hydd (“antler”)
clais yr hydd (“Dog's Mercury”)
corn yr hydd (“broomrape, hartshorn”)
gwenith yr hydd (“buckwheat”)
hyddgi (“staghound”)
hyddgwyr (“wild cherries, mazzards”)
lleden tafod yr hydd (“sole (fish)”)
llwyd fenig yr hydd (“broomrape, hartshorn”)
tafod yr hydd (“harts tongue fern, burdock, flatfish”)

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

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