defnydd
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *damnyos.
Noun
defnydd m (plural defnyddiau)
- use, service; application; purpose, end, effect
- cause, occasion, reason; origin
- (future) form or status
Derived terms
- defnyddio (“to make use of, employ, practise; to form, prepare, arrange”)
- defnyddiol (“useful, of service, advantageous, profitable; practical; material, elemental, elementary, basic; prepared”)
- defnyddiwr m (“user, employer; consumer; maker, author, fabricator, contriver”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
defnydd | ddefnydd | nefnydd | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “defnydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies