-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) + -yddcyfarfodydd (meetings)
    afon (river) + -yddafonydd (rivers)
    gwaun (moor, heath) + -yddgweunydd (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) + -yddcigydd (butcher)
    adar (birds) + -yddadarydd (ornithologist)
    llywio (to steer) + -yddllywydd (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) + -yddhydoddydd (solvent)
    adweithio (to react) + -yddadweithydd (reactor)
    taflunio (to project) + -yddtaflunydd (projector)

Suffix

-ydd

  1. suffix indicating a noun or adjective
    llafar (spoken, oral) + -yddlleferydd (speech)
    llawn (full) + -yddllonydd (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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