llid

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llit, from Proto-Brythonic *llid, from Proto-Celtic *lūtus. Cognate with Irish lúth and Scottish Gaelic lùth.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɬiːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd
  • Homophones: llud (“slime”), llyd (“passion”) (both South Wales only)

Noun

llid m (plural llidiau)

  1. anger, wrath, ire
    Synonym: dicter
  2. irritation, inflammation

Derived terms

  • llid yr amrant (“conjunctivitis”)
  • llidus (“irritable; inflamed”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llid
radical soft nasal aspirate
llid lid unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lūtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
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