gostyngaidd
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Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
gostwng (stem: gostyng-) + -aidd
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gostyngaidd (feminine singular gostyngaidd, plural gostyngaidd, equative gostyngeiddied, comparative gostyngeiddiach, superlative gostyngeiddiaf)
- humble, meek, lowly, modest, unprideful, unassuming
- post 1681, an unknown translator of Bp William Beveridge (author), Pregeth Ynghylch godidawgrwydd a defnyddiaeth:
- Ostyngeiddiaf ac Ufuddaf Wasanaethwr eich Anrhydedd // Wiliam Beferids.
- Your Honour’s most Humble and Obedient Servant // William Beveridge.
- Ostyngeiddiaf ac Ufuddaf Wasanaethwr eich Anrhydedd // Wiliam Beferids.
- post 1681, an unknown translator of Bp William Beveridge (author), Pregeth Ynghylch godidawgrwydd a defnyddiaeth:
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gostyngaidd | ostyngaidd | ngostyngaidd | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References[edit]
- “gostyngaidd” on page 1,515/1 of Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (1st ed., 1972)
