echryd
Welsh
Etymology
From ech- (“out-, ex-”) + cryd (“shivering, trembling”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛχrɨ̞d/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɛχrɪd/
Noun
echryd m (uncountable)
- trembling, quaking
- Synonym: cryndod
- dread, terror, horror
- Synonyms: arswyd, braw, dychryn
Derived terms
- echrydu (“to dread”)
- echrydus (“dreadful, fearsome”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| echryd | unchanged | unchanged | hechryd |
| 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–present), “echryd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies