ychydig

Welsh

Etymology

From fychydig, soft mutation of bychydig (compare ap < mab, 'y < fy),[1] from bychod (“small quantity”) +‎ -ig.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /əˈχədɪɡ/
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχədɪɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ədɪɡ

Noun

ychydig m (uncountable)

  1. little, a little
    ychydig iawn o amser ― very little time
    ychydig rhagor ― a little more

Determiner

ychydig (triggers soft mutation)

  1. few, a few
    un o'r ychydig artistiaid ― one of the few artists
    ychydig fisoedd ― a few months

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ychydig unchanged unchanged hychydig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 110 iii (2)
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 169 v
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