hydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sidos (“elk, stag”), probably borrowed from a substrate. Cognate with Old Irish sed / seg and Breton heizes.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hiːð/
• Homophone: hudd (“dark, gloomy”)
• Rhymes: -ɨːð

Noun

hydd m (plural hyddod, feminine hyddes or ewig, not mutable)

1. stag, hart

Hypernyms

• carw (“deer”)

Derived terms

• ban hydd (“antler”)
• clais yr hydd (“Dog's Mercury”)
• corn yr hydd (“broomrape, hartshorn”)
• gwenith yr hydd (“buckwheat”)
• hyddgi (“staghound”)
• hyddgwyr (“wild cherries, mazzards”)
• lleden tafod yr hydd (“sole (fish)”)
• llwyd fenig yr hydd (“broomrape, hartshorn”)
• tafod yr hydd (“harts tongue fern, burdock, flatfish”)

 

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335