pridd
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /priːð/
Noun
pridd m (plural priddau or priddoedd)
- soil, earth, dust; ground
- (potter's) clay, mud or clay as building-material, mortar, plaster
- earth, clay, or dust as the material of the human body
- dust derived from the decay of a human body
- earth (as one of the elements according to medieval physics)
- (the soil of the) grave
- dung, ordure, excrement
Derived terms
- llestri pridd
- pridd y wadd
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pridd | bridd | mhridd | phridd |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “pridd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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