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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh prið, Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.
Pronunciation
Noun
pridd m (plural priddau or priddoedd or priddion)
- soil, earth, dust; ground
- (potter's) clay, mud or clay as building-material, mortar, plaster
- earth, clay, or dust as the material of the human body
- dust derived from the decay of a human body
- earth (as one of the elements according to medieval physics)
- (the soil of the) grave
- dung, ordure, excrement
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pridd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies