tlawd
Appearance
Welsh
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh tlawt, from Proto-Brythonic *tlọd, from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Middle Irish tláith (“weak”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tlawd (feminine singular tlawd, plural tlodion, equative tloted, comparative tlotach, superlative tlotaf)
Derived terms
[edit]- tlodaidd (“inferior, shabby”)
- tlodi (“poverty; to impoverish”)
- tloty (“poorhouse, workhouse”)
- tlotyn (“pauper”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
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tlawd | dlawd | nhlawd | thlawd |
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) “*tlāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tlawd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Categories:
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂-
- Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Welsh/au̯d
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh adjectives