trydan
Welsh
Etymology
From try- (“affirmative prefix”) + tân (“fire”). Compare Cornish tredan and Breton tredan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrədan/
- Rhymes: -ədan
Noun
trydan m (uncountable)
- electricity
- electric fluid
Derived terms
- blanced drydan f, blanced trydan m (“electric blanket”)
- trydan dŵr (“hydroelectricity”)
- trydaniad
- trydanladdiad
- trydanol
- trydanu
- trydanwr (“electrician”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| trydan | drydan | nhrydan | thrydan |
| 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), “trydan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies