pridd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh prið, Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priːð/
• Rhymes: -iːð
• Homophones: prudd, prydd (South Wales)

Noun

pridd m (plural priddau or priddoedd or priddion)

1. soil, earth, dust; ground
2. (potter's) clay, mud or clay as building-material, mortar, plaster
3. earth, clay, or dust as the material of the human body
4. dust derived from the decay of a human body
5. earth (as one of the elements according to medieval physics)
6. (the soil of the) grave
7. dung, ordure, excrement

Derived terms

• llestri pridd
• pridd y wadd
• priddin
• priddyn
• uwchbridd (“topsoil”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pridd	bridd	mhridd	phridd
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), “pridd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies