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Welsh
Pronunciation
Suffix
-eb f (plural -ebau)
- piece of paper, document, form, record
- Synonym: llen (in compound words)
- anfon (“to send”) + -eb → anfoneb (“invoice”)
- talu (“to pay”) + -eb → taleb (“voucher”)
- manwl (“detail”) + -eb → manyleb (“specification”)
- structure
- cof (“memory”) + -eb → cofeb (“memorial”)
- hen (“old”) + -eb → heneb (“ancient monument”)
- organ (“organ”) + -eb → organeb (“organism”)
- forming abstract nouns
- Synonyms: -deb, -ineb
- cyllid (“finance”) + -eb → cyllideb (“budget”)
- diwedd (“end”) + -eb → diweddeb (“cadence, close”)
- disgyn (“to descend”) + -eb → disgynneb (“anticlimax, bathos”)
Derived terms
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-eb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies