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Welsh
Etymology
An 18th century attempt to create a native word for coffee from cras (“dry, toasted”) + dadrwydd, the latter element of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
crasddadrwydd m (uncountable)
- (obsolete, puristic) coffee
- Synonym: coffi
1759, David Jones, Blodeu-gerdd Cymry: sef casgliad o caniadau Cymreig, gan amryw awdwyr o'r oes ddiwaethaf, Stafford Prys:Ond gresyn fod Haidd, Gwinwydd, Llewyg y Blaidd, Ffwgws, Ystrew … Crâsddadrwydd … yn amharu’r hŵyl, ac yn dwyn Arian yr hên Frutaniaid! lle’r oeddynt gynt yn byw yn hŷn, yn iachach, ac yn gryfarch , ar laeth, ymenyn, a Mêl, na’i hôll Sothach afiach afreidiol alltudaidd pellennig.- It is a pity that Barley, Vines, Hops, Tobacco, Snuff … Coffee … do impair the temper, and steal the Money of the ancient Britons! where they heretofore lived older, healthier and stronger, on milk, butter, and Honey, rather than all foreign needless unhealthy Dross from afar.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crasddadrwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies