dyrys

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drits-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“split; tear”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

dyrys (feminine singular dyrys, plural dyrys, equative mor ddyrys, comparative mwy dyrys, superlative mwyaf dyrys)

  1. (of vegetation) tangled, thorny
  2. complex, intricate, complicated
    Synonyms: cymhleth, astrus

Derived terms
  • drysfa (“maze”)
  • drysgoed (“thicket of trees”)
  • drysi (“thorns, brambles, briars”)
  • drysle (“maze, labyrinth”)
  • dryslwyn (“thicket, brake”)
  • dryslyd (“confused, tangled; confusing”)
  • drysni (“thicket; intricacy, complexity”)
  • drysu (“to bewilder, to confuse”)
  • dryswch (“confusion; dilemma; complexity”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dyrys ddyrys nyrys unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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