dy-

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin di-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɨ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Syllabification: dy

Prefix

dy-

  1. di-
    Synonyms: bi-, dwu-
    ‎dy- + ‎chromatyczny → ‎dychromatyczny

Derived terms
Category Polish terms prefixed with dy- not found

Further reading
  • dy- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /də/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh dy-, from Proto-Celtic *dus-, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-.[1]

Prefix

dy-

  1. bad
    ‎dy- + ‎llaw (“hand”) → ‎dylaw (“clumsy”)
Derived terms
Category Welsh terms prefixed with dy- (bad) not found

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *do-, from Proto-Indo-European *do.[2]

Prefix

dy-

  1. to, together
    ‎dy- + ‎mynnu (“to insist”) → ‎dyfyn (“summons”)
    ‎dy- + ‎crŷn (“trembling”) → ‎dychryn (“to frighten”)
Usage notes

This prefix causes soft mutation except before cl and cr, which become chl and chr.[2]

Derived terms
Welsh terms prefixed with dy- (together)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dy- ddy- ny- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 14
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 13

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