awdurdod

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh awdurdawt, from Proto-Brythonic *audʉrdọd, from Latin auctōritās. By surface analysis, awdur (“author”) +‎ -dod (“-ness, -ment”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /au̯ˈdɨ̞rdɔd/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /au̯ˈdɪrdɔd/ Rhymes: -ɨ̞rdɔd === Noun === awdurdod m (plural awdurdodau) authority ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “awdurdod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies