kledh

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kleð (“left, northern”). Cognate with Welsh gogledd.

The sense "northern" comes from the fact that the north is on the left-hand side of a person facing east.

Adjective

kledh

1. left, left-handed

   Antonym: dyghow

2. northern

   Antonym: dyghow

Derived terms

• a-barth kledh dhe (“on the left side of”)
• a-gledh (“on the left”)
• a-gledh dhe (“to the left of”)
• kledhbarth (“north”)
• kledhek (“left-handed, clumsy, awkward”)
• Korea Gledh (“North Korea”)

Mutation

Mutation of kledh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kledh	gledh	hledh	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged