blaidd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bleidd, from Proto-Brythonic *blėð, from Proto-Celtic *bledyos (compare Cornish bleydh, Breton bleiz; Old Irish bled (“sea monster”) (from *bledā)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blai̯ð/

Noun

blaidd m (plural bleiddiaid or bleiddiau)

  1. wolf

Derived terms

  • blaidd llwyd (“grey wolf”)
  • blaidd mewn croen dafad (“wolf in sheep's clothing”)
  • blaidd y dŵr (“pike”)
  • bleidd-dag, ffa'r blaidd, llysiau'r blaidd (“wolfsbane, monkshood”)
  • bysedd y blaidd (“lupin”)
  • ci blaidd llwyd (“German shepherd, Alsatian”)
  • crib y bleiddiau (“burdock”)
  • cynflaidd (“lead wolf, alpha wolf”)
  • llaeth y blaidd (“leafy spurge, sun spurge, wolf's milk”)
  • llewyg y blaidd (“hop; lupin”)
  • morflaidd, blaidd y môr (“wolffish”)
  • oes yr arth a'r blaidd (“old-fashioned”, literally “age of the bear and the wolf”)
  • palf y blaidd, troed y blaidd (“stag's-horn clubmoss”)
  • pys y blaidd (“Nootka lupin”)
  • ysgall y blaidd (“spearthistles”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blaidd
radical soft nasal aspirate
blaidd flaidd mlaidd unchanged

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

References

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