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Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From lled (“width”) or lled- (“partially”), both probably from the same source word ultimately.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-lyd
- pejorative adjectival suffix, often indicating tendency to or abundance of
- baw (“muck”) + -lyd → bawlyd (“mucky”)
- cybydd (“miser”) + -lyd → cybyddlyd (“miserly, covetous”)
- llwch (“dust”) + -lyd → llychlyd (“dusty”)
- drysu (“to confuse”) + -lyd → dryslyd (“confused”)
- sbeis (“spice”) + -lyd → sbeislyd (“spicy, hot”)
Usage notes
-lyd and -llyd are variants of the same suffix. -llyd is found after n, r and w and -lyd after other letters. The exception is m, which can be followed be either -lyd or -llyd.
Derived terms
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-lyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies