dichon

Welsh

Etymology

From a Proto-Celtic *dī-ad-kān-, from *dī- (“from, of”) + *ad- (“ad-”) + a root *kān- (“sound”) that also appears in gwogawn (“glory”), gogoniant (“splendour”), and digon (“enough”).[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪχɔn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːχɔn/, /ˈdɪχɔn/

Adverb

dichon

(literary) perhaps, maybe
Synonym: efallai
- 2010 February 18, Glyn Evans, “Yn gryno yn Gymraeg”, in BBC Cymru Cylchgrawn‎:
  Dichon y dywaid rhai fod gennym yn barod ddigon, onid gormod, o gyfnodolion Cymraeg.
  Maybe some said that we had enough, if not too many, Welsh periodicals.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dichon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dichon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies