-aidd
See also: aidd
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh -eið, from Proto-Celtic *-adyos. Cognate with Old Irish -de,[1] Greek -άδα (-áda), Latin -idus.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ai̯ð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛð/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ai̯ð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛð/
Suffix
[edit]-aidd
- adjectival suffix, -like, -y
- eliffant (“elephant”) + -aidd → eliffantaidd (“elephantine”)
- coch (“red”) + -aidd → cochaidd (“reddish”)
- Cymreig (“Welsh”) + -aidd → Cymreigaidd (“Welshy”)
- yr Alban (“Scotland”) + -aidd → Albanaidd (“Scottish”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-aidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 153 (3)