blaidd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bleidd, from Proto-Brythonic *blėð, from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (compare Cornish bleydh, Breton bleiz; Old Irish bled (“sea monster”) (from *bledā)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blai̯ð/

Noun

blaidd m (plural bleiddiaid or bleiddiau)

1. wolf

Derived terms

• blaidd llwyd (“grey wolf”)
• blaidd mewn croen dafad (“wolf in sheep's clothing”)
• blaidd y dŵr (“pike”)
• bleidd-dag, ffa'r blaidd, llysiau'r blaidd (“wolfsbane, monkshood”)
• bysedd y blaidd (“lupin”)
• ci blaidd llwyd (“German shepherd, Alsatian”)
• crib y bleiddiau (“burdock”)
• cynflaidd (“lead wolf, alpha wolf”)
• llaeth y blaidd (“leafy spurge, sun spurge, wolf's milk”)
• llewyg y blaidd (“hop; lupin”)
• morflaidd, blaidd y môr (“wolffish”)
• oes yr arth a'r blaidd (“old-fashioned”, literally “age of the bear and the wolf”)
• palf y blaidd, troed y blaidd (“stag's-horn clubmoss”)
• pys y blaidd (“Nootka lupin”)
• ysgall y blaidd (“spearthistles”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blaidd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blaidd	flaidd	mlaidd	unchanged

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

References

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