meddal
Welsh
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”) from a form *meləd‑ by metathesis.[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛðal/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːðal/, /ˈmɛðal/
- Rhymes: -ɛðal
Adjective
meddal (feminine singular meddal, plural meddal, equative meddaled, comparative meddalach, superlative meddalaf)
- soft
- Antonym: caled
Derived terms
- meddalu (“to soften, to lenite”)
- meddalwedd (“software”)
- treiglad meddal (“soft mutation”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| meddal | feddal | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 102 iv 2
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddal”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies