rhuddlas

Welsh

Etymology

rhudd (red) + glas (blue)[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

rhuddlas (feminine singular rhuddlas, plural rhuddleision, equative rhuddlased, comparative rhuddlasach, superlative rhuddlasaf)

  1. violet, purple[1]
    Synonym: fioled

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhuddlas ruddlas unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     gwyn      llwyd      du
             coch; rhudd              oren, melyngoch; brown              melyn; melynwyn
             melynwyrdd              gwyrdd             
             gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd              asur, gwynlas              glas
             fioled, rhuddlas; indigo              majenta; porffor              pinc, rhuddwyn

References

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