dieithr

Welsh

Etymology

di- (intensifying prefix) +‎ eithr (“except, beyond”), from Proto-Celtic *exteros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (compare Latin exter) with the comparative suffix *-teros.[1] Cognate with Irish eachtrán (“alien”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ei̯θr/, [ˈdiː.ei̯θr̩]
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ɛrθ/, /ˈdiː.arθ/

Adjective

dieithr (feminine singular dieithr, plural dieithrion or dieithron, equative dieithred, comparative dieithrach, superlative dieithraf)

  1. strange, alien, exotic, foreign

Derived terms

  • dieithriad (“alienation, estrangement”)
  • dieithrio (“to alienate, to estrange”)
  • dieithrwch (“strangeness”)
  • dieithryn (“stranger”)
  • dyn diarth (“stranger, strange man”)
  • gwraig ddiarth (“stranger, strange woman”)
  • merch ddiarth (“stranger, strange woman”)
  • pobl ddiarth (“strangers, strange people”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dieithr
radical soft nasal aspirate
dieithr ddieithr nieithr unchanged

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), “dieithr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 99 v (4)
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