tŷ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ty, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Pronunciation

Noun

tŷ m (plural tai)

  1. house

Usage notes

In addition to meaning 'small house', tŷ bach also means 'toilet, restroom'. An alternative translation of 'small house' is tŷ bychan.

Derived terms
  • abaty (“abbey”)
  • adardy (“aviary”)
  • addoldy (“house of worship”)
  • archifdy (“record office”)
  • arfdy (“armoury”)
  • argraffdy (“printing house”)
  • asiant tŷ (“estate agent, realtor”)
  • bathdy (“mint”)
  • beudy (“cowshed”)
  • bragdy (“brewery”)
  • brodordy (“priory, friary”)
  • bwyty (“eatery”)
  • cachdy (“privy”)
  • cadw tŷ (“to keep house”)
  • caeth i'r tŷ (“housebound”)
  • carchardy (“prisonhouse”)
  • clafdy (“hospice”)
  • clochdy (“bell tower”)
  • clwyfdy (“infirmary”)
  • colomendy (“dovecote”)
  • chwaraedy (“playhouse”)
  • deildy (“arbour”)
  • deiliad tŷ (“householder”)
  • deondy (“deanery”)
  • elusendy (“almshouse”)
  • ficerdy (“vicarage”)
  • ffermdy (“farmhouse”)
  • ffrierdy (“friary”)
  • gody (“outhouse”)
  • golchdy (“washhouse”)
  • goleudy (“lighthouse”)
  • gwallgofdy (“madhouse”)
  • gwastraff tŷ (“household waste”)
  • gweithdy (“workshop”)
  • gwesty (“hotel”)
  • gŵn tŷ (“dressing gown”)
  • gwraig tŷ (“housewife”)
  • hafoty (“summer abode in the uplands”)
  • hogldy (“hovel”)
  • labordy (“laboratory”)
  • lladd-dy (“slaughterhouse, abattoir”)
  • llaethdy (“dairy”)
  • lleiandy (“nunnery”)
  • lluesty (“tent”)
  • llythyrdy (“post office”)
  • maendy (“stone house”)
  • marwdy (“mortuary, morge”)
  • masnachdy (“counter”)
  • meddyg tŷ (“house officer”)
  • modurdy (“garage”)
  • morwyn tŷ (“housemaid”)
  • mynachdy (“monastery”)
  • nwyddau tŷ (“household goods”)
  • pandy (“fulling mill”)
  • perchen tŷ (“householder”)
  • persondy (“parsonage”)
  • popty (“oven; bakery”)
  • puteindy (“whorehouse”)
  • pwerdy (“power station; powerhouse”)
  • rhandy (“annexe; apartment”)
  • rheithordy (“rectory”)
  • sbwriel tŷ (“domestic rubbish”)
  • stordy (“storeroom”)
  • symud tŷ (“to move house”)
  • tafarndy (“public house”)
  • tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
  • trysordy (“treasury”)
  • tŷ ag ysbryd (“haunted house”)
  • tŷ allan (“outbuilding, outhouse”)
  • tŷ ar wahân (“detached house”)
  • tŷ bach (“outhouse, toilet”)
  • tŷ bwgan (“haunted house”)
  • tŷ bwyta (“restaurant”)
  • tŷ clwb (“clubhouse”)
  • tŷ crwn (“roundhouse”)
  • tŷ cwrdd (“meeting house, chapel”)
  • tŷ cwrt (“courtyard house”)
  • tŷ cwrw (“beer house”)
  • tŷ cygor (“council house”)
  • tŷ dol (“doll's house”)
  • tŷ eil (“aisled house”)
  • Tŷ Glas (“Blue House”)
  • tŷ gwydr (“greenhouse”)
  • Tŷ Gwyn (“Whitehouse”)
  • tŷ haf (“summerhouse”)
  • tŷ hir (“long house”)
  • tŷ injan (“engine house”)
  • tŷ mawr (“workhouse”)
  • tŷ opera (“opera house”)
  • tŷ pâr (“semi-detached house”)
  • tŷ parod (“prefabricated house, prefab”)
  • tŷ pen rhes (“end of terrace”)
  • tŷ pren (“wooden house, long built house”)
  • tŷ ransh (“ranch house”)
  • tŷ rhes (“terraced house”)
  • tŷ sengl (“detached house”)
  • tŷ semi (“semi-detached house”)
  • tŷ teras (“terraced house”)
  • tŷ to gwellt (“thatched house”)
  • tŷ tŵr (“tower house”)
  • Tŷ Uchaf (“Upper House”)
  • tŷ unllawr (“bungalo”)
  • Tyddewi (“St Davids”)
  • tyddyn (“farmhouse”)
  • tylwyth (“family”)
  • Tŷ'r Arglwyddi (“House of Lords”)
  • Tŷ'r Cyffredin (“House of Commons”)
  • ysbyty (“hospital”)
  • ysgoldy (“schoolhouse”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tŷ dŷ nhŷ thŷ
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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