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Welsh
Etymology
Cognate with Cornish -yans.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-iant m (plural -iannau)
- show the action of a verb or its result, -tion, -ment
- chwyddo (“to swell, to inflate”) + -iant → chwyddiant (“inflation, distention”)
- hydoddi (“to dissolve”) + -iant → hydoddiant (“solution”)
- ffynnu (“to prosper, to flourish”) + -iant → ffyniant (“prosperity, success”)
Derived terms
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-iant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies