-aidd
See also: aidd
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Welsh -eið, from Proto-Celtic *-adyos. Cognate with Old Irish -de,[1] Greek -άδα (-áda), Latin -idus.[2]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ai̯ð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛð/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ai̯ð/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛð/
Suffix
-aidd (adjective-forming suffix, feminine singular -aidd, plural -aidd, sometimes comparable, comparative mwy -aidd, equative mor -aidd, superlative mwyaf -aidd)
- forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives, indicating similarity; -like, -ish, -y
- eliffant (“elephant”) + -aidd → eliffantaidd (“elephantine”)
- coch (“red”) + -aidd → cochaidd (“reddish”)
- Cymreig (“Welsh”) + -aidd → Cymreigaidd (“Welshy”)
- forms relational adjectives from nouns and proper nouns
- ffotograff (“photograph”) + -aidd → ffotograffaidd (“photographic”)
- golfan (“sparrow”) + -aidd → golfanaidd (“passerine, pertaining to sparrows”)
- sffêr (“sphere”) + -aidd → sfferaidd (“spherical”)
- German Kant (“(Immanuel) Kant”) + -aidd → Kantaidd (“Kantian”)
- Islam (“Islam”) + -aidd → Islamaidd (“Islamic”)
- forms demonym adjectives from toponyms and demonym nouns
- yr Alban (“Scotland”) + -aidd → Albanaidd (“Scottish”)
- Canada (“Canada”) + -aidd → Canadaidd (“Canadian”)
- Iseldir(oedd) (“Netherlands”) + -aidd → Iseldiraidd (“Dutch”)
- Basg (“Basque (man)”, noun) + -aidd → Basgaidd (“Basque”, adjective)
Derived terms
sbringaidd
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-aidd”, 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 (3)