llaid
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *llėd, from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).[1] Cognate with Cornish leys.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɬai̯d/
Noun
llaid m (plural lleidiau)
- mud
- mud fever, foot rot
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llaid | laid | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llaid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN