lleddf

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Welsh[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lleddf (feminine singular lleddf, plural lleddf, equative lleddfed, comparative lleddfach, superlative lleddfaf)

  1. slanting, sloping
  2. mournful, melancholy, plaintive
  3. crooked, awry
  4. humble, lowly, mild
  5. (music) minor
    Synonym: lleiaf

Derived terms[edit]

  • goleddf (hillside, slope; slant, incline)
  • lleddfder (plaintiveness, melancholy)
  • lleddfol (palliative)
  • lleddfu (to soothe, to assuage)

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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