swydd

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh swyð, from Proto-Brythonic *suɨð, from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /suːɨ̯ð/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /sʊi̯ð/
Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ð

Noun

swydd f (plural swyddi or swyddau, not mutable)

job
Synonym: gyrfa
office, post, position, capacity
county (especially in England)
Synonym: sir

Derived terms

diswyddo (“to dismiss, to sack”)
dyletswydd (“duty, obligation”)
segurswydd (“sinecure”)
Swydd Amwythig (“Shropshire”)
Swydd Efrog (“Yorkshire”)
Swydd Gaer (“Cheshire”)
Swydd Gaergrawnt (“Cambridgeshire”)
Swydd Gaerloyw (“Gloucestershire”)
Swydd Gaerlŷr (“Leicestershire”)
Swydd Gaerwrangon (“Worcestershire”)
Swydd Gaerhirfryn (“Lancashire”)
Swydd Henffordd (“Herefordshire”)
Swydd Rydychen (“Oxfordshire”)
swyddfa (“office, workplace”)
swyddog, swyddwr (“officer, official”)
swyddogaeth (“duty, function, role”)

References

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

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