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-ydd

-ydd

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See also: ydd and YDD

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɨ̞ð/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪð/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð.

Suffix

-ydd

pluralization suffix
Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -yr, -ys

‎cyfarfod (“meeting”) + ‎-ydd → ‎cyfarfodydd (“meetings”)

‎afon (“river”) + ‎-ydd → ‎afonydd (“rivers”)

‎gwaun (“moor, heath”) + ‎-ydd → ‎gweunydd (“moors, heaths”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *-ɨð, from Proto-Celtic *‑iyū.^[1] Cognate with Cornish -ydh.

Suffix

-ydd m (plural -wyr or -yddion)

suffix indicating a person, especially an agent noun: -er, -or, -ist
Synonyms: -edydd, -iedydd, -wr

‎cig (“meat”) + ‎-ydd → ‎cigydd (“butcher”)

‎adar (“birds”) + ‎-ydd → ‎adarydd (“ornithologist”)

‎llywio (“to steer”) + ‎-ydd → ‎llywydd (“president”)
suffix indicating an instrument, machine or substance, especially an agent noun: -er, -or
Synonyms: -adur, -edydd, -iadur, -iedydd, -iwr, -wr

‎hydoddi (“to dissolve”) + ‎-ydd → ‎hydoddydd (“solvent”)

‎adweithio (“to react”) + ‎-ydd → ‎adweithydd (“reactor”)

‎taflunio (“to project”) + ‎-ydd → ‎taflunydd (“projector”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ydd

suffix indicating a noun or adjective
‎llafar (“spoken, oral”) + ‎-ydd → ‎lleferydd (“speech”)

‎llawn (“full”) + ‎-ydd → ‎llonydd (“still, quiet”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -ydd

References

^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iv (9)

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