addas

English

Noun

addas

  1. plural of adda

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

addās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of addō

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh aðas, from Proto-Brythonic *aðas, from Proto-Celtic *adastos (“lawful”) (whence also Old Irish adas (“lawful, just”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

addas (feminine singular addas, plural addas, equative mor addas, comparative mwy addas, superlative mwyaf addas)

  1. suitable, apt[2]

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of addas
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
addas unchanged unchanged haddas

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) “*ad(u)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “addas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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