byddar

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *boðar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Cornish bodhar, Breton bouzar, Irish bodhar, Scottish Gaelic bodhar, Manx bouyr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

byddar (feminine singular byddar, plural byddair or byddarion, equative mor fyddar, comparative mwy byddar, superlative mwyaf byddar)

  1. deaf

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
byddar fyddar myddar unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “byddar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies