rhydd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥ɨːð/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /r̥ɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥iːð/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /r̥iː/
• Homophone: rhudd
• Rhymes: -ɨːð

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *rrɨð, from Proto-Celtic *ɸriyos, from Proto-Indo-European *priHós, from *preyH- (“like, love”).

Adjective

rhydd (feminine singular rhydd, plural rhyddion, equative rhydded, comparative rhyddach, superlative rhyddaf)

1. free

Derived terms

• penrhydd (“unrestrained”, adjective)
• rhyddfraint m (“emancipation”)
• rhyddhau (“to free, to liberate”)
• rhyddid m (“freedom, liberty”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rhydd

1. (literary) third-person singular present/future of rhoi

Alternative forms

• rhy
• dyry

Mutation

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

Further reading

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