-deb
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /dɛb/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /dab/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɛb/
Suffix
-deb m (plural -debau)
- forming abstract nouns, -ness, -ment
- prydlon (“punctual, prompt”) + -deb → prydlondeb (“punctuality”)
- pur (“pure”) + -deb → purdeb (“purity”)
- absennol (“absent”) + -deb → absenoldeb (“absence”)
Derived terms
Welsh terms suffixed with -deb
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-deb”, 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, § 143 iii 8