trydan

Welsh

Etymology

From try- (“affirmative prefix”) +‎ tân (“fire”). Compare Cornish tredan and Breton tredan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrədan/
• Rhymes: -ədan

Noun

trydan m (uncountable)

1. electricity
2. electric fluid

Adjective

trydan (feminine singular trydan, plural trydan, not comparable)

1. electric

Derived terms

• blanced drydan (“electric blanket”)
• trydan dŵr (“hydroelectricity”)
• trydaniad (“electrification”)
• trydanladdiad (“electrocution”)
• trydanol, trydanllyd (“electrical”)
• trydanu, trydaneiddio (“to electrify”)
• trydanwr (“electrician”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trydan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trydan	drydan	nhrydan	thrydan

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), “trydan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies