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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh -eid, from Proto-Celtic *‑adi̯os. Cognate with Old Irish -de,[1] Greek -άδα (-áda), Latin -idus.[2]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-iaidd
- adjectival suffix, -like, -y
- llun (“shape, form”) + -iaidd → lluniaidd (“shapely, well-formed”)
- dewin (“wizard”) + -iaidd → dewiniaidd (“divinatory”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-iaidd”, 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)