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Old French
Etymology
Latin -ellus
Suffix
-iau
- Used to form diminutive forms of nouns
- agniau - lamb (small sheep)
Descendants
Welsh
Etymology
Cognate with Cornish -yow, Breton -ioù.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-iau
- Forms plural nouns, -s
- Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys
- cadair (“chair”) + -iau → cadeiriau (“chairs”)
- dydd (“day”) + -iau → dyddiau (“days”)
- clwb (“club”) + -iau → clybiau (“clubs”)
Derived terms