byddar
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *boðar, from Proto-Celtic *bodaros, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰHrós. Cognate with Cornish bodhar, Breton bouzar, Irish bodhar, Scottish Gaelic bodhar, Manx bouyr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbəðar/
Adjective
byddar (feminine singular byddar, plural byddair or byddarion, equative cyn fyddar, comparative mwy byddar, superlative mwyaf byddar)
- deaf
Derived terms
- byddarol (“deafening”)
- byddaru (“to deafen”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| byddar | fyddar | myddar | 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), “byddar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies