blaidd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bleidd, 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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blaidd flaidd mlaidd unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “blaidd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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