-red

See also: red, red-, Red, RED, and rěd

English

Etymology

From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).

Suffix

-red

  1. (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
    hatred
    kindred
    manred
    sibred

Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -red

Anagrams

Middle English

Suffix

-red

  1. Alternative form of -rede

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /red/

Suffix

-red

  1. Alternative form of -raþ

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-,[1] whence also rhedeg (“to run”). Cognate with Old Irish -rad.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɛd/

Suffix

-red f

  1. Forms abstract nouns.
    ‎gwaith (“work”) + ‎-red → ‎gweithred (“action”)
    ‎lled (“width”) + ‎-red → ‎lledred (“latitude”)
    ‎cylch (“circle”) + ‎-red → ‎cylchred (“cycle”)

Derived terms
Welsh terms suffixed with -red

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii (22)
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-red”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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