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Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *-eð, from Proto-Celtic *-iyā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂. Cognate with Welsh -edd, Irish -e, Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), and Latin -ia.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-edh m
- Forms masculine abstract nouns
- meur (“great”) + -edh → meuredh (“majesty, greatness”)
- (by extension, physics) Forms masculine abstract nouns denoting measurable quantities with defined units
- fors (“force, strength”) + -edh → forsedh (“force (N)”)
- doos (“dense”) + -edh → dòsedh (“density (m/V)”)
- gronn (“mass, heap”) + -edh → gronnedh (“mass (m)”)
Suffix
-edh pl
- Uncommon noun pluralization suffix
- el (“angel”) + -edh → eledh (“angels”)
- modrep (“aunt”) + -edh → modrebedh (“aunts”)
- lethwrek (“milkmaid”) + -edh → lethwragedh (“milkmaids”)
Derived terms