yd

See also: YD, -yd, yd., Y/D, and ŷd

English

Noun

yd

1. Alternative form of yd..

Anagrams

• Dy, dy

Middle Welsh

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ide- (compare Breton e(z), Cornish y(th), Old Irish id-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰey- (compare Latin ibi (“here”), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā, “here, in the same way”), and Sanskrit इ॒ह (ihá, “here”)).

Alternative forms

• y (before a consonant)
• yr (rare until late Middle/early Modern Welsh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əð/

Particle

yð

1. introduces an indirect relative clause

Conjunction

yð

1. introduces a content clause

Further reading

• Evans, D. Simon (1964), A Grammar of Middle Welsh (Medieval and Modern Welsh Series; supplementary volume), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, 68–72, pages 64–65
• Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 162 i–iii, pages 284–86
• Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 222 x, page 448

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əd/

Particle

yd

1. alternative spelling of yt

Welsh

Etymology

See y (particle).

Particle

yd

1. (archaic) preverbal particle used to mark an affirmative verb in a main clause

Synonyms

• y (particle)