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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llety	lety	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.