llety

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llettɨɣ (compare Breton leti). By surface analysis, lled (“half, in part”) +‎ tŷ (“house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɛtɨ̞/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɬɛti/

Noun

llety m (plural lletyau)

1. lodging, accommodation
2. inn
3. (Freemasonry) lodge, hall

Derived terms

• lletya
• lletyaeth
• lletygar
• lletygarwch
• bod yn llety'r aderyn (“to spend time under a hedge”, literally “to be in the bird's lodgings”)
• cysgu yn llety'r falwen (“to sleep by an outside wall”, literally “to sleep in the snail's lodgings”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llety

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llety	lety	unchanged	unchanged

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