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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *llettɨɣ (compare Breton leti). By surface analysis, lled (“half, in part”) + tŷ (“house, dwelling”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬɛtɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɬɛti/
Noun[edit]
llety m (plural lletyau)
- lodging, accommodation
- inn
- (Freemasonry) lodge, hall
Derived terms[edit]
- lletya
- lletyaeth
- lletygar
- lletygarwch
- bod yn llety'r aderyn (“to spend time under a hedge”, literally “to be in the bird's lodgings”)
- cysgu yn llety'r falwen (“to sleep by an outside wall”, literally “to sleep in the snail's lodgings”)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llety | lety | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||