addas
English
editNoun
editaddas
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editaddās
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh aðas, from Proto-Brythonic *aðas, from Proto-Celtic *adastos (“lawful”) (whence also Old Irish adas (“lawful, just”)).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaðas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)ðas/
Adjective
editaddas (feminine singular addas, plural addas, equative mor addas, comparative mwy addas, superlative mwyaf addas)
Derived terms
edit- addasrwydd (“fitness, aptness”)
- addasu (“to adapt”)
- anaddas (“unsuitable”)
- cyfaddas (“proper, suitable”)
Mutation
editradical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
---|---|---|---|
addas | unchanged | unchanged | haddas |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad(u)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “addas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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