devnydh

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish defnydh, from Proto-Brythonic *dėβ̃nɨð, from Proto-Celtic *damniyom. Cognate with Breton danvez, Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna, and Welsh defnydd.

Noun

devnydh m (plural devnydhyow)

1. ingredient, material, stuff

   Synonyms: daffar, pyth, stoff

2. use

   Synonyms: us, usyans

Derived terms

• devnydh drehevyans (“contruction materials”)
• devnydh-tardha (“explosive”, noun)
• devnydhya (“use”, verb)
• gul devnydh a (“use, make use of”, verb)
• gul devnydh da a (“put to good use”, verb)

Verb

devnydh

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of devnydhya
2. second-person singular imperative of devnydhya

Mutation

Mutation of devnydh

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
devnydh	dhevnydh	unchanged	tevnydh	tevnydh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.