dieithr

Welsh

Etymology

di- (intensifying prefix) +‎ eithr (“except, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *ektro, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (compare Latin exter) with the comparative suffix *-teros.[1] Cognate with Irish eachtrán (“alien”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ei̯θr/, [ˈdiː.ei̯θr̩]
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ɛrθ/, /ˈdiː.arθ/

Adjective

dieithr (feminine singular dieithr, plural dieithrion or dieithron, equative dieithred, comparative dieithrach, superlative dieithraf)

  1. strange, alien, exotic, foreign

Derived terms
  • dieithriad (“alienation, estrangement”)
  • dieithrio (“to alienate, to estrange”)
  • dieithrwch (“strangeness”)
  • dieithryn (“stranger”)
  • dyn diarth (“stranger, strange man”)
  • gwraig ddiarth (“stranger, strange woman”)
  • merch ddiarth (“stranger, strange woman”)
  • pobl ddiarth (“strangers, strange people”)

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

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dieithr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 99 v (4)
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