llety

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llettɨɣ (compare Breton leti). By surface analysis, lled (“half, in part”) +‎ tŷ (“house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

Noun

llety m (plural lletyau)

  1. lodging, accommodation
  2. inn
  3. (Freemasonry) lodge, hall

Derived terms
  • lletya
  • lletyaeth
  • lletygar
  • lletygarwch
  • bod yn llety'r aderyn (“to spend time under a hedge”, literally “to be in the bird's lodgings”)
  • cysgu yn llety'r falwen (“to sleep by an outside wall”, literally “to sleep in the snail's lodgings”)

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