glendid

== Welsh == === Etymology === From earlier gleindid (“cleanliness”) and Middle Welsh gleindit/glendit, where ei became e before two consonants. By surface analysis, glân (“clean”) +‎ -did. Cf. gwendid (“feebleness”) for similar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛndɪd/ === Noun === glendid m (uncountable) cleanliness, cleanness Synonyms: glander, glanweithdra, glanweithder moral or spiritual cleanness, purity Synonym: purdeb splendour, brightness Synonyms: disgleirdeb, gwychder comeliness, beauty Synonyms: harddwch, tegwch ==== Derived terms ==== aflendid (“impurity; filth”) ==== Related terms ==== hylendid (“hygiene”) === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “glendid”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “glendid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies