tlawd

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Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tlawt, from Proto-Brythonic *tlọd, from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Middle Irish tláith (“weak”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

tlawd (feminine singular tlawd, plural tlodion, equative tloted, comparative tlotach, superlative tlotaf)

  1. poor, needy, destitute
    Synonyms: llwm, truan, anghenus

Derived terms

  • tlodaidd (“inferior, shabby”)
  • tlodi (“poverty; to impoverish”)
  • tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
  • tlotyn (“pauper”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tlawd dlawd nhlawd thlawd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tlāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tlawd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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