glendid
Welsh
Etymology
From original gleindid (“cleanliness”), namely glân (“clean”) + -did, where ei became e before two consonants. Cf. gwendid (“feebleness”) for similar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛndɪd/
Noun
glendid m (uncountable)
- moral or spiritual cleanness, cleanliness, purity
- Synonym: purdeb
- splendour, brightness
- Synonyms: disgleirdeb, gwychder
- comeliness, beauty
Derived terms
- aflendid (“impurity; filth”)
Related terms
- hylendid (“hygiene”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| glendid | lendid | nglendid | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “glendid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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