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addas

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English

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Noun

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addas

  1. plural of adda

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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addās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of addō

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh aðas, from Proto-Brythonic *aðas, from Proto-Celtic *adastos (lawful) (whence also Old Irish adas (lawful, just)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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addas (feminine singular addas, plural addas, equative mor addas, comparative mwy addas, superlative mwyaf addas)

  1. suitable, apt[2]

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of addas
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
addas unchanged unchanged haddas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad(u)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “addas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies