deddf

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dedmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós, “law, ordinance”).

Noun

deddf f (plural deddfau)

1. act, statute

Derived terms

• • cynneddf (“attribute, quality; faculty”)
  • dccc
  • deddfeg (“jurisprudence”)
  • deddflyfr (“statute book”)
  • deddfol (“legal, lawful”)
  • deddfu (“to legislate”)
  • deddfwr (“legislator”)
  • dsc
  • is-ddeddf (“by-law”)

   

Related terms

• defod (“ceremony, ritual; custom”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deddf

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deddf	ddeddf	neddf	unchanged

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