cerdd

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɛrð/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”). Cognate with Old Irish cerd (“craft, skill”).

Noun

cerdd f (plural cerddi)

  1. poem
  2. poetry
  3. music
Derived terms
  • Cerdd Dant
  • cerddol (“musical”)
  • cerddor (“musician”)
  • cyngerdd m or f (“concert”)
  • sioe gerdd f (“musical theatre”)

Alternative forms
  • cerdda (literary)
  • cerddiff (colloquial)
  • cerddith (colloquial)

Verb

cerdd

  1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of cerdded

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cerdd gerdd ngherdd cherdd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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