meddaliad
Welsh
Etymology
From meddalu (“to soften, to lenite”) + -iad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈðaljad/
- Rhymes: -aljad
Noun
meddaliad m (plural meddaliadau)
- a softening
- (linguistics) lenition
Usage notes
The word meddaliad is used to refer to a particular instance or kind of softening lenition. However as is practice in Welsh, when referring the concept or process of softening or lenition, the verbnoun meddalu is used as a masculine noun.
Related terms
- treiglad (“mutation”)
- treiglad meddal (“soft mutation”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| meddaliad | feddaliad | unchanged | unchanged |
| 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), “meddaliad”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies