iäaidd
Welsh
FWOTD – 2 November 2014
Etymology
iâ (“ice”) + -aidd (“-like”)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈja.ai̯ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈjaː.ai̯ð/, /ˈja.ai̯ð/
Adjective
iäaidd
- of an icy nature; like ice[1]
- glacious[2]
Quotations
- 1826: Y Gwyliedydd, Caervallwch (poet), “Somedigaeth”, page 122
- Aeth oriau aml, anhylon, hir dros ben
- Y tru ; ei boen torasai ar ei saib,
- Ac yn ei dynu nesnes at y pridd. —
- Ar vyr, y gweilliai drwyddo iäaidd naws
- A difrwyth oer ei draed. […]
- Aeth oriau aml, anhylon, hir dros ben
References
- Iäaidd listed on page 250 of “A dictionary of the Welsh language” (1832) by William Owen Pughe
- Daniel Silvan Evans’ “An English and Welsh dictionary” gives iäaidd as one of its translations of glacious on page 814 thereof