dyrys

Welsh

Alternative forms

• drys

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drits-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“split; tear”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdərɨ̞s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdərɪs/

Adjective

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

1. (of vegetation) tangled, thorny
2. complex, intricate, complicated

   Synonyms: cymhleth, astrus

Derived terms

• drysberth, d(y)ryslwyn (“thicket, brake”)
• drysffordd (“winding road”)
• drysglwm (“complex knot”)
• drys(i) (“briers, brambles”)
• drysus (“undisentangleable”)
• d(y)rsbwnc (“knotty problem; characteristic feature”)
• d(y)rysbeth (“intricate thing”)
• d(y)rysedig (“tangled, confused”)
• d(y)rysedd, drysiant (“entanglement”)
• d(y)rysfa, d(y)rysfan, d(y)rysle (“maze”)
• d(y)rysgar (“confusing”)
• d(y)rysgoed (“thicket of trees”)
• d(y)ryslyd (“confused, tangled; confusing”)
• d(y)rysni (“thicket; intricacy, complexity”)
• d(y)rysnod, d(y)ryswaith, drysrwydd, d(y)ryswch (“confusion; dilemma; complexity”)
• d(y)rysog, drysïog (“brambly”)
• d(y)rysu (“to bewilder, to confuse”)
• d(y)ryswr (“one who causes confusion”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dyrys	ddyrys	nyrys	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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