byddin
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh byðin, from Proto-Brythonic *büðin, from Proto-Celtic *budīnā, whence also Old Irish buiden (“band, troop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbəðɪn/
Noun
byddin f (plural byddinoedd)
- army
Derived terms
- adfyddin
- blaenfyddin
- byddin gadw
- byddin flaen
- byddin ôl
- byddin sefydledig
- byddin sefydlog
- byddin sir
- Byddin yr Iachawdwriaeth
- gofyddin
- gwylfyddin
- marchfyddin
- môr-fyddin
- ôl-fyddin
- presfyddin
- rhanfyddin
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| byddin | fyddin | myddin | 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), “byddin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies