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-edd

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Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /að/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛð/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh -eð, from Proto-Brythonic *-eð (whence also Cornish -edh), from Proto-Celtic *-iyā (whence also Old Irish -e), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) and Latin -ia.

Suffix

-edd m (plural -eddau)

forming abstract nouns, -ness, -ment
‎anabl (“unable, disabled”) + ‎-edd → ‎anabledd (“disability”)

‎mawr (“big, great”) + ‎-edd → ‎mawredd (“greatness”)

‎cymesur (“symmetrical”) + ‎-edd → ‎cymesuredd (“symmetry”)

‎amgylch (“surroundings”) + ‎-edd → ‎amgylchedd (“environment”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -edd

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *-iyās, nominative plural of *ī-stem feminine nouns like *rīganī (“queen”) (whence Welsh rhiain (“maiden”), plural rhianedd),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂es, nominative plural to nouns in *-ih₂.

Suffix

-edd

forming plural nouns, -s
Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys

‎gwraig (“woman, wife”) + ‎-edd → ‎gwragedd (“women, wives”)

‎rhiain (“maiden”) + ‎-edd → ‎rhianedd (“maidens”)

‎teyrn (“monarch, kind”) + ‎-edd → ‎teyrnedd (“monarchs, kings”)

References

^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 286.

Further reading

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

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