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English
Etymology
From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).
Suffix
-red
- (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
- hatred
- kindred
- manred
- sibred
Derived terms
Anagrams
Middle English
Suffix
-red
- Alternative form of -rede
Old English
Pronunciation
Suffix
-red
- Alternative form of -raþ
Welsh
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-,[1] whence also rhedeg (“to run”). Cognate with Old Irish -rad.[2]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-red f
- Forms abstract nouns.
- gwaith (“work”) + -red → gweithred (“action”)
- lled (“width”) + -red → lledred (“latitude”)
- cylch (“circle”) + -red → cylchred (“cycle”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii (22)
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-red”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies