ychydig
Welsh
Etymology
From fychydig, soft mutation of bychydig (compare ap < mab, 'y < fy),[1] from bychod (“small quantity”) + -ig.[2]
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /əˈχədɪɡ/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈχədɪɡ/
- Rhymes: -ədɪɡ
Noun
ychydig m (uncountable)
- little, a little
- ychydig iawn o amser ― very little time
- ychydig rhagor ― a little more
Determiner
ychydig (triggers soft mutation)
- few, a few
- un o'r ychydig artistiaid ― one of the few artists
- ychydig fisoedd ― a few months
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ychydig | unchanged | unchanged | hychydig |
| 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, § 110 iii (2)
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 169 v