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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh ty, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.
Pronunciation
Noun
tŷ m (plural tai)
- house
Usage notes
In addition to meaning 'small house', tŷ bach also means 'toilet, restroom'. An alternative translation of 'small house' is tŷ bychan.
Derived terms
- abaty (“abbey”)
- adardy (“aviary”)
- addoldy (“house of worship”)
- archifdy (“record office”)
- arfdy (“armoury”)
- argraffdy (“printing house”)
- asiant tŷ (“estate agent, realtor”)
- bathdy (“mint”)
- beudy (“cowshed”)
- bragdy (“brewery”)
- brodordy (“priory, friary”)
- bwyty (“eatery”)
- cachdy (“privy”)
- cadw tŷ (“to keep house”)
- caeth i'r tŷ (“housebound”)
- carchardy (“prisonhouse”)
- cegindy (“cookshop”)
- clafdy (“infirmary”)
- clochdy (“bell tower”)
- clwyfdy (“hospital”)
- colomendy (“dovecote”)
- chwaraedy (“playhouse”)
- daeardy (“dungeon”)
- defeity, dafaty (“sheepfold”)
- deildy (“arbour”)
- deiliad tŷ (“householder”)
- deondy (“deanery”)
- elusendy (“almshouse”)
- ficerdy (“vicarage”)
- ffermdy (“farmhouse”)
- ffrierdy (“friary”)
- gody (“outhouse”)
- golchdy (“washhouse”)
- goleudy (“lighthouse”)
- gwallgofdy (“madhouse”)
- gwastraff tŷ (“household waste”)
- gweithdy (“workshop”)
- gwesty (“hotel”)
- gŵn tŷ (“dressing gown”)
- gwraig tŷ (“housewife”)
- hafoty (“summer abode in the uplands”)
- hogldy (“hovel”)
- hwylbrendy (“masthouse”)
- labordy (“laboratory”)
- lladd-dy (“slaughterhouse, abattoir”)
- llaethdy (“dairy”)
- lleiandy (“nunnery”)
- lluesty (“tent”)
- llythyrdy (“post office”)
- maendy (“stone house”)
- marwdy (“mortuary, morgue”)
- masnachdy (“counter”)
- meddyg tŷ (“house officer”)
- modurdy (“garage”)
- morwyn tŷ (“housemaid”)
- mynachdy (“monastery”)
- nwyddau tŷ (“household goods”)
- pandy (“fulling mill”)
- pen tŷ (“roof”)
- penty (“penthouse”)
- perchen tŷ (“householder”)
- persondy (“parsonage”)
- popty (“oven; bakery”)
- puteindy (“whorehouse”)
- pwerdy (“power station; powerhouse”)
- rhandy (“annexe; apartment”)
- rheithordy (“rectory”)
- sbwriel tŷ (“domestic rubbish”)
- stordy (“storeroom”)
- symud tŷ (“to move house”)
- tafarndy (“public house”)
- tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
- tollty (“tollhouse, custom house”)
- torrwr tai (“housebreaker”)
- trysordy (“treasury”)
- tŷ ag ysbryd (“haunted house”)
- tŷ allan (“outbuilding, outhouse”)
- tŷ ar wahân (“detached house”)
- tŷ bach (“outhouse, toilet”)
- tŷ bwgan (“haunted house”)
- tŷ bwyta (“restaurant”)
- tŷ clwb (“clubhouse”)
- tŷ crwn (“roundhouse”)
- tŷ cwrdd (“meeting house, chapel”)
- tŷ cwrt (“courtyard house”)
- tŷ cwrw (“beer house”)
- tŷ cygor (“council house”)
- tŷ dòl (“doll's house”)
- tŷ eil (“aisled house”)
- Tŷ Glas (“Blue House”)
- tŷ gwydr (“greenhouse”)
- Tŷ Gwyn (“Whitehouse”)
- tŷ haf (“summerhouse”)
- tŷ hir (“long house”)
- tŷ injan (“engine house”)
- tŷ mawr (“workhouse”)
- tŷ opera (“opera house”)
- tŷ pâr (“semi-detached house”)
- tŷ parod (“prefabricated house, prefab”)
- tŷ pen rhes (“end of terrace”)
- tŷ pren (“wooden house, long built house”)
- tŷ ransh (“ranch house”)
- tŷ rhes (“terraced house”)
- tŷ sengl (“detached house”)
- tŷ semi (“semi-detached house”)
- tŷ teras (“terraced house”)
- tŷ to gwellt (“thatched house”)
- tŷ tŵr (“tower house”)
- Tŷ Uchaf (“Upper House”)
- tŷ unllawr (“bungalo”)
- tŷ unnos
- Tyddewi (“St Davids”)
- tyddyn (“farmhouse”)
- tylwyth (“family”)
- Tŷ'r Arglwyddi (“House of Lords”)
- Tŷ'r Cyffredin (“House of Commons”)
- ysbyty (“hospital”)
- ysgoldy (“schoolhouse”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tŷ”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tŷ”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies