llathraidd
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Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From llathr (“glossy, shiny”) + -aidd.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɬaθrai̯ð/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɬaθrɛð/
Adjective
[edit]llathraidd (feminine singular llathraidd, plural llathraidd, not comparable)
- shiny, sheeny[1]
- glossy, sleek, smooth[1]
- Synonym: llathr
- straight (of hair)[1]
- slippery (of a slope)[1]
- Synonym: llithrig
- burnished, polished[1]
- Synonym: caboledig
- (figurative) polished, refined, cultured
- Synonyms: graenus, coeth, diwylliedig
- sunny[1]
- well-formed, shapely, elegant[1]
- Synonyms: golygus, prydweddol, lluniaidd, urddasol
Derived terms
[edit]- llathreiddfan, llathreiddgar, llathreiddloyw (“shiny, glossy”)
- llathreiddferch (“beautiful girl”)
- llathreiddgan (“beautiful song”)
- llathreiddiad (“becoming glossy; act of burnishing”)
- llathreiddio (“to burnish”)
- llathreiddrwydd (“glossiness”)
- sbriws llathraidd (“tigertail spruces”)
Mutation
[edit]| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| llathraidd | lathraidd | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||