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Welsh
Etymology
balch (“proud”) + -der
Pronunciation
Noun
balchder m (usually uncountable, plural balchderau)
- pride, glory
- Synonyms: syberwyd, gogoniant, gwychder
- dignity
- Synonym: urddas
- (LGBTQ, as Balchder) Pride (festival and movement of and for LGBT people)
- (countable) an instance of such a festival
- pride, conceit, arrogance
- 1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Diarhebion 16:18:
Balchder sydd yn myned o flaen dinistr: ac uchder ysbryd o flaen cwymp.- Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Synonyms: rhwysg, trahauster, ffroenucheledd, coegfalchder
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “balchder”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies