euraid

Welsh

Etymology

aur (“gold”) +‎ -aid.[1]

Adjective

euraid (feminine singular euraid, plural euraid, not comparable)

  1. golden, made of gold
  2. gilded, covered in gold
  3. (by extension) gold-coloured
  4. shining, brilliant, splendid
  5. (figurative) excellent, outstanding

Derived terms

  • adar deildy euraid (“Newton's golden bowerbird”)
  • (obsolete) afal euraid (“orange, melon”)
  • bwlbwl euraid Affricae (“golden greenbul”)
  • bwlbwl euraid Asia (“golden bulbul”)
  • clust-y-llygoden euraid, heboglys euraid (“orange hawkweed, fox-and-cubs”)
  • coden euraid (“common earthball mushroom”)
  • cog efydd euraid (“shining bronze cuckoo”)
  • conwra euraid (“golden conure”)
  • corhedydd euraid (“golden pipit”)
  • creulys euraid (“golden ragwort”)
  • cwtiad euraid (“golden plover”)
  • eryr euraid (“golden eagle”)
  • esgob euraid (“golden bishop”)
  • ffesant euraid (“golden pheasant”)
  • gorthyfail euraid (“golden chervil”)
  • gwehydd euraid (“Eastern golden weaver”)
  • gwehydd euraid Asia (“Asian golden weaver”)
  • gwehydd euraid Holub (“Holub's golden weaver”)
  • gwennol euraid (“golden swallow”)
  • gwialen euraid (“goldenrod”)
  • llinos euraid (“oriole-finch”)
  • marchredyn euraid (“golden-scaled male-ferns, scaly male-ferns”)
  • robin prysgoed euraid (“golden bush robin”)
  • rhonwellt euraid (“golden dog's-tail”)
  • saffrwm euraid (“golden crocus”)
  • sïedn euraid (“gilded hummingbird”)
  • sïedn talcenserog euraid (“golden-bellied starfrontlet”)
  • tormaen euraid (“opposite-leaved golden-saxifrage”)
  • troellwr euraid (“golden nightjar”)
  • turtur euraid (“golden dove”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of euraid
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
euraid unchanged unchanged heuraid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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