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Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð.
Suffix
-ydd
- pluralization suffix
- Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -yr, -ys
- cyfarfod (“meeting”) + -ydd → cyfarfodydd (“meetings”)
- afon (“river”) + -ydd → afonydd (“rivers”)
- gwaun (“moor, heath”) + -ydd → gweunydd (“moors, heaths”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð, from Proto-Celtic *‑iyū. Cognate with Cornish -ydh.
Suffix
-ydd m (plural -wyr or -yddion)
- suffix indicating a person, especially an agent noun: -er, -or, -ist
- Synonyms: -edydd, -iedydd, -wr
- cig (“meat”) + -ydd → cigydd (“butcher”)
- adar (“birds”) + -ydd → adarydd (“ornithologist”)
- llywio (“to steer”) + -ydd → llywydd (“president”)
- suffix indicating an instrument, machine or substance, especially an agent noun: -er, -or
- Synonyms: -adur, -edydd, -iadur, -iedydd, -iwr, -wr
- hydoddi (“to dissolve”) + -ydd → hydoddydd (“solvent”)
- adweithio (“to react”) + -ydd → adweithydd (“reactor”)
- taflunio (“to project”) + -ydd → taflunydd (“projector”)
Etymology 3
Suffix
-ydd
- suffix indicating a noun or adjective
- llafar (“spoken, oral”) + -ydd → lleferydd (“speech”)
- llawn (“full”) + -ydd → llonydd (“still, quiet”)
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