llathraidd

Welsh

Etymology

From llathr (“glossy, shiny”) +‎ -aidd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɬaθrai̯ð/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɬaθrɛð/

Adjective

llathraidd (feminine singular llathraidd, plural llathraidd, not comparable)

1. shiny, sheeny

   Synonyms: llathr, llachar, disglair

2. glossy, sleek, smooth

   Synonym: llathr

3. straight (of hair)

   Synonym: llathr

   Antonyms: crych, cyrliog

4. slippery (of a slope)

   Synonym: llithrig

5. burnished, polished

   Synonym: caboledig

   1. (figurative) polished, refined, cultured

      Synonyms: graenus, coeth, diwylliedig

6. sunny

   Synonyms: heulog, teg

7. well-formed, shapely, elegant

   Synonyms: golygus, prydweddol, lluniaidd, urddasol

Derived terms

• llathreiddfan, llathreiddgar, llathreiddloyw (“shiny, glossy”)
• llathreiddferch (“beautiful girl”)
• llathreiddgan (“beautiful song”)
• llathreiddiad (“becoming glossy; act of burnishing”)
• llathreiddio (“to burnish”)
• llathreiddrwydd (“glossiness”)
• sbriws llathraidd (“tigertail spruces”)

 

 

Mutation

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