addas
Latin
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh aðas, from Proto-Brythonic *aðas, from Proto-Celtic *adestus (“lawful”) (whence also Old Irish adas (“lawful, just”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaðas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)ðas/
Adjective
addas (feminine singular addas, plural addas, equative mor addas, comparative mwy addas, superlative mwyaf addas)
Derived terms
- addasrwydd (“fitness, aptness”)
- addasu (“to adapt”)
- anaddas (“unsuitable”)
- cyfaddas (“proper, suitable”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| addas | unchanged | unchanged | haddas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ad(u)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “addas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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