rhwydd
Welsh
Etymology
From Old Welsh ruid, from Proto-Brythonic *rruɨð, from Proto-Celtic *rēdis (“simple, easy”) (compare Breton rouez (“thin, sparse; clear, limpid”), Irish réidh (“easy, unhurried”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁réh₁-dʰi (compare Czech řídký), from *h₁réh₁ (“sparsely, rarely, loosely”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /r̥uːɨ̯ð/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /r̥ʊi̯ð/
- Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ð
Adjective
rhwydd (feminine singular rhwydd, plural rhwyddion, equative rhwydded, comparative rhwyddach, superlative rhwyddaf)
- easy, facile
- Synonym: hawdd
Derived terms
- rhwyddhau
- rhwyddineb
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| rhwydd | rwydd | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 306–7