dyrys
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *drits-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“split; tear”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdərɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdərɪs/
Adjective
dyrys (feminine singular dyrys, plural dyrys, equative mor ddyrys, comparative mwy dyrys, superlative mwyaf dyrys)
Derived terms
- drysberth, d(y)ryslwyn (“thicket, brake”)
- drysffordd (“winding road”)
- drysglwm (“complex knot”)
- drys(i) (“briers, brambles”)
- drysus (“undisentangleable”)
- d(y)rsbwnc (“knotty problem; characteristic feature”)
- d(y)rysbeth (“intricate thing”)
- d(y)rysedig (“tangled, confused”)
- d(y)rysedd, drysiant (“entanglement”)
- d(y)rysfa, d(y)rysfan, d(y)rysle (“maze”)
- d(y)rysgar (“confusing”)
- d(y)rysgoed (“thicket of trees”)
- d(y)ryslyd (“confused, tangled; confusing”)
- d(y)rysni (“thicket; intricacy, complexity”)
- d(y)rysnod, d(y)ryswaith, drysrwydd, d(y)ryswch (“confusion; dilemma; complexity”)
- d(y)rysog, drysïog (“brambly”)
- d(y)rysu (“to bewilder, to confuse”)
- d(y)ryswr (“one who causes confusion”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| dyrys | ddyrys | nyrys | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dyrys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies