eistedd

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *exs-dī-sedeti, the root of which is from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). === Pronunciation === (standard) IPA(key): /ˈei̯sdɛð/, [ˈei̯stɛð] (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɪsdɛ/, [ˈɪstɛ], /ˈɪsda/, [ˈɪsta] (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɪsdɛ/, [ˈɪstɛ], /ˈɪʃdɛ/, [ˈɪʃtɛ] Rhymes: -ei̯sdɛð === Verb === eistedd (first-person singular present eisteddaf) (ambitransitive) to sit ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eistedd i fyny (“to sit up”) eistedd i lawr (“to sit down”) eisteddfod eisteddle === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “eistedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies