dydd Sul

Welsh

Etymology

dydd (“day”) +‎ Sul (“Sunday”), partial calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (literally “day of the Sun”). Compare Breton disul, Cornish de Sul, English Sunday, German Sonntag.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌdɨːð ˈsɨːl/, /dɨ̞ðˈsɨːl/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dɨ̞ˈsɨːl/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːð ˈsiːl/, /dɪðˈsiːl/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːl/
• Rhymes: -ɨːl

Proper noun

dydd Sul m

1. Sunday
2. Sunday daytime

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “Sunday daytime”): nos Sul

Derived terms

• cinio dydd Sul (“Sunday dinner”)
• dillad dydd Sul (“Sunday clothes, Sunday best”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dydd Sul	ddydd Sul	nydd Sul	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.