tŷ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ty"

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ty, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tɨː/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tiː/
• Homophone: tu; (South Wales) ti
• Rhymes: -ɨː

Noun

tŷ m (plural tai)

1. house

Usage notes

In addition to meaning 'small house', tŷ bach also means 'toilet, restroom'. An alternative translation of 'small house' is tŷ bychan.

Derived terms

• abaty (“abbey”)
• adardy (“aviary”)
• addoldy (“house of worship”)
• archifdy (“record office”)
• arfdy (“armoury”)
• argraffdy (“printing house”)
• asiant tŷ (“estate agent, realtor”)
• bathdy (“mint”)
• beudy (“cowshed”)
• bragdy (“brewery”)
• brodordy (“priory, friary”)
• bwyty (“eatery”)
• cachdy (“privy”)
• cadw tŷ (“to keep house”)
• caeth i'r tŷ (“housebound”)
• carchardy (“prisonhouse”)
• cegindy (“cookshop”)
• clafdy (“hospice”)
• clochdy (“bell tower”)
• clwyfdy (“infirmary”)
• colomendy (“dovecote”)
• chwaraedy (“playhouse”)
• daeardy (“dungeon”)
• defeity, dafaty (“sheepfold”)
• deildy (“arbour”)
• deiliad tŷ (“householder”)
• deondy (“deanery”)
• elusendy (“almshouse”)
• ficerdy (“vicarage”)
• ffermdy (“farmhouse”)
• ffrierdy (“friary”)
• gody (“outhouse”)
• golchdy (“washhouse”)
• goleudy (“lighthouse”)
• gwallgofdy (“madhouse”)
• gwastraff tŷ (“household waste”)
• gweithdy (“workshop”)
• gwesty (“hotel”)
• gŵn tŷ (“dressing gown”)
• gwraig tŷ (“housewife”)
• hafoty (“summer abode in the uplands”)
• hogldy (“hovel”)
• labordy (“laboratory”)
• lladd-dy (“slaughterhouse, abattoir”)
• llaethdy (“dairy”)
• lleiandy (“nunnery”)
• lluesty (“tent”)
• llythyrdy (“post office”)
• maendy (“stone house”)
• marwdy (“mortuary, morge”)
• masnachdy (“counter”)
• meddyg tŷ (“house officer”)
• modurdy (“garage”)
• morwyn tŷ (“housemaid”)
• mynachdy (“monastery”)
• nwyddau tŷ (“household goods”)
• pandy (“fulling mill”)
• pen tŷ (“roof”)
• penty (“penthouse”)
• perchen tŷ (“householder”)
• persondy (“parsonage”)
• popty (“oven; bakery”)
• puteindy (“whorehouse”)
• pwerdy (“power station; powerhouse”)
• rhandy (“annexe; apartment”)
• rheithordy (“rectory”)
• sbwriel tŷ (“domestic rubbish”)
• stordy (“storeroom”)
• symud tŷ (“to move house”)
• tafarndy (“public house”)
• tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
• trysordy (“treasury”)
• tŷ ag ysbryd (“haunted house”)
• tŷ allan (“outbuilding, outhouse”)
• tŷ ar wahân (“detached house”)
• tŷ bach (“outhouse, toilet”)
• tŷ bwgan (“haunted house”)
• tŷ bwyta (“restaurant”)
• tŷ clwb (“clubhouse”)
• tŷ crwn (“roundhouse”)
• tŷ cwrdd (“meeting house, chapel”)
• tŷ cwrt (“courtyard house”)
• tŷ cwrw (“beer house”)
• tŷ cygor (“council house”)
• tŷ dol (“doll's house”)
• tŷ eil (“aisled house”)
• Tŷ Glas (“Blue House”)
• tŷ gwydr (“greenhouse”)
• Tŷ Gwyn (“Whitehouse”)
• tŷ haf (“summerhouse”)
• tŷ hir (“long house”)
• tŷ injan (“engine house”)
• tŷ mawr (“workhouse”)
• tŷ opera (“opera house”)
• tŷ pâr (“semi-detached house”)
• tŷ parod (“prefabricated house, prefab”)
• tŷ pen rhes (“end of terrace”)
• tŷ pren (“wooden house, long built house”)
• tŷ ransh (“ranch house”)
• tŷ rhes (“terraced house”)
• tŷ sengl (“detached house”)
• tŷ semi (“semi-detached house”)
• tŷ teras (“terraced house”)
• tŷ to gwellt (“thatched house”)
• tŷ tŵr (“tower house”)
• Tŷ Uchaf (“Upper House”)
• tŷ unllawr (“bungalo”)
• tŷ unnos
• Tyddewi (“St Davids”)
• tyddyn (“farmhouse”)
• tylwyth (“family”)
• Tŷ'r Arglwyddi (“House of Lords”)
• Tŷ'r Cyffredin (“House of Commons”)
• ysbyty (“hospital”)
• ysgoldy (“schoolhouse”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of tŷ

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tŷ	dŷ	nhŷ	thŷ

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

References

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