lleddf

Welsh

Adjective

lleddf (feminine singular lleddf, plural lleddf, equative lleddfed, comparative lleddfach, superlative lleddfaf)

1. slanting, sloping
2. mournful, melancholy, plaintive
3. crooked, awry
4. humble, lowly, mild
5. (music) minor

   Synonym: lleiaf

Derived terms

• goleddf (“hillside, slope; slant, incline”)
• lleddfder (“plaintiveness, melancholy”)
• lleddfol (“palliative”)
• lleddfu (“to soothe, to assuage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of lleddf

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lleddf	leddf	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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