llaid

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llėd, from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).[1] Cognate with Cornish leys.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɬai̯d/

Noun

llaid m (plural lleidiau)

  1. mud
  2. mud fever, foot rot

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llaid laid unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llaid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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