-iaidd

Welsh

Alternative forms

-aidd

Etymology

From Middle Welsh -eid, from Proto-Celtic *‑adi̯os. Cognate with Old Irish -de,[1] Greek -άδα (-áda), Latin -idus.[2]

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /jai̯ð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /jɛð/
(South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /jai̯ð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /jɛð/

Suffix

-iaidd

adjectival suffix, -like, -y
‎llun (“shape, form”) + ‎-iaidd → ‎lluniaidd (“shapely, well-formed”)

‎dewin (“wizard”) + ‎-iaidd → ‎dewiniaidd (“divinatory”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -iaidd

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-iaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 153 i (3)

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