dieithr

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Mutated forms of dieithr

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dieithr	ddieithr	nieithr	unchanged

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