cryd
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kritos. Cognate with Old Irish crith.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /krɨːd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kriːd/
Homophone: crud
Noun
cryd m (plural crydiau)
- shivering, trembling
- Synonyms: cryndod, ysgryd, ias, crŷn, rhyndod
- fever
- Synonym: twymyn
Derived terms
- crydu (“to shake, to tremble”)
- echryd (“terror, dread”)
- ysgryd (“shiver, shudder”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cryd | gryd | nghryd | chryd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “cryd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies