dichon

Welsh

Etymology

From a Proto-Celtic *dī-ad-kān-, from *dī- (“from, of”) + *ad- (“ad-”) + a root *kān- (“sound”) that also appears in gwogawn (“glory”), gogoniant (“splendour”), and digon (“enough”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

dichon

  1. (literary) perhaps, maybe
    Synonym: efallai
    • 2010 February 18, Glyn Evans, “Yn gryno yn Gymraeg”, in BBC Cymru Cylchgrawn‎[1]:
      Dichon y dywaid rhai fod gennym yn barod ddigon, onid gormod, o gyfnodolion Cymraeg.
      Maybe some said that we had enough, if not too many, Welsh periodicals.

Derived terms

  • dichoni (“to be able”)
  • dichonol (“possible, potential”)

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dichon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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