effaith
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin effectus (“effect”), as if via a Proto-Brythonic *efeiθ, but the word is not attested until the 16th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛfai̯θ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛfɛθ/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɛfai̯θ/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛfɛθ/
Noun
[edit]effaith f (plural effeithiau)
Derived terms
[edit]- effaith tŷ gwydr (“greenhouse effect”)
- effeithio (“to be effective; to affect”)
- effeithiol (“effective”)
- effeithlon (“efficient”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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effaith | unchanged | unchanged | heffaith |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “effaith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies