defnydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *damnyos.

Noun

defnydd m (plural defnyddiau)

    1. material, stuff; matter, substance, essence; element, constituent part, particle; make-up, nature
    2. matter (for discussion), question, subject matter; work (written or published); content (of book, speech, etc.)
    3. (law) requisites
    4. implement, instrument, gear; part, accessory
  2. use, service; application; purpose, end, effect
  3. cause, occasion, reason; origin
  4. (future) form or status

Derived terms

  • defnyddio (“to make use of, employ, practise; to form, prepare, arrange”)
  • defnyddiol (“useful, of service, advantageous, profitable; practical; material, elemental, elementary, basic; prepared”)
  • defnyddiwr m (“user, employer; consumer; maker, author, fabricator, contriver”)

Mutation

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

References

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