-edd

== Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɛð/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /að/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɛð/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Welsh -eð, from Proto-Brythonic *-eð (whence also Cornish -edh), from Proto-Celtic *-iyā (whence also Old Irish -e), from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) and Latin -ia. ==== Suffix ==== -edd m (plural -eddau) forming abstract nouns, -ness, -ment ‎anabl (“unable, disabled”) + ‎-edd → ‎anabledd (“disability”) ‎mawr (“big, great”) + ‎-edd → ‎mawredd (“greatness”) ‎cymesur (“symmetrical”) + ‎-edd → ‎cymesuredd (“symmetry”) ‎amgylch (“surroundings”) + ‎-edd → ‎amgylchedd (“environment”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Celtic *-iyās, nominative plural of *ī-stem feminine nouns like *rīganī (“queen”) (whence Welsh rhiain (“maiden”), plural rhianedd), from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂es, nominative plural to nouns in *-ih₂. ==== Suffix ==== -edd forming plural nouns, -s Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -on, -ydd, -yr, -ys ‎gwraig (“woman, wife”) + ‎-edd → ‎gwragedd (“women, wives”) ‎rhiain (“maiden”) + ‎-edd → ‎rhianedd (“maidens”) ‎teyrn (“monarch, kind”) + ‎-edd → ‎teyrnedd (“monarchs, kings”) === References === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “-edd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies