ystad

See also: Ystad

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʏsˌtad/

Participle

ystad

  1. past participle of ysta

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈəsdad/, [ˈəstad]
  • Rhymes: -əsdad

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh ystad, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨstad, from Latin status (compare Portuguese and Spanish estado, Occitan and Catalan estat, French été, état, Sardinian istadu, etc.).[1]

Noun

ystad f (plural ystadau)

  1. state, condition, circumstances
    Synonyms: sefyllfa, cyflwr
  2. (sociology, historical) estate, rank, station
    Synonyms: gradd, safle, dosbarth
  3. (geopolitics) state, polity
    Synonyms: gwlad, gwladoldeb, gwladwriaeth
  4. estate (area of land)
    1. manorial estate
    2. housing estate
    3. industrial estate

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin stadium.[1]

  1. (metrology, historical) stadion (Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.)
    Synonym: (Biblical) cefn

Alternative forms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ystad unchanged unchanged hystad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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