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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh -eid, from Proto-Celtic *-adyos. Cognate with Old Irish -de,[1] Greek -άδα (-áda), Latin -idus.[2]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-aidd
- adjectival suffix, -like, -y
- eliffant (“elephant”) + -aidd → eliffantaidd (“elephantine”)
- coch (“red”) + -aidd → cochaidd (“reddish”)
- Cymreig (“Welsh”) + -aidd → Cymreigaidd (“Welshy”)
- Rwsia (“Russia”) + -aidd → Rwsaidd (“Russian”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-aidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 153 i (3)