buddai

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Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to strike, to beat”).[1] Cf. English beat, Albanian bahe (“sling”).

Noun[edit]

buddai f (plural buddeiau)

  1. churn
    Synonym: corddwr

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Likely related to budd.

Noun[edit]

buddai m (plural buddeion)

  1. (archaic) boon, gain
    Synonyms: anrheg, rhodd, ennill

Etymology 3[edit]

Possibly ultimately from Latin butiō (“bittern”) or, via the alternative form buddair, from Vulgar Latin *butitaurus (“bittern”).

Noun[edit]

buddai f (plural buddeiod)

  1. (obsolete) bittern[2]
    Synonyms: aderyn y bwn, bwm y gors
Alternative forms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
buddai fuddai muddai unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

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