-ydd
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Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪð/
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð.
Suffix[edit]
-ydd
- pluralization suffix
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð, from Proto-Celtic *‑iyū.[1] Cognate with Cornish -ydh.
Suffix[edit]
-ydd m (plural -wyr or -yddion)
- suffix indicating a person, especially an agent noun: -er, -or, -ist
- suffix indicating an instrument, machine or substance, especially an agent noun: -er, -or
Etymology 3[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ydd
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iv (9)