-eb

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eb"

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛb/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ab/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛb/

Suffix

-eb f (plural -ebau)

1. piece of paper, document, form, record

   Synonym: llen (in compound words)

   ‎anfon (“to send”) + ‎-eb → ‎anfoneb (“invoice”)

   ‎talu (“to pay”) + ‎-eb → ‎taleb (“voucher”)

   ‎manwl (“detail”) + ‎-eb → ‎manyleb (“specification”)

2. structure

   ‎cof (“memory”) + ‎-eb → ‎cofeb (“memorial”)

   ‎hen (“old”) + ‎-eb → ‎heneb (“ancient monument”)

   ‎organ (“organ”) + ‎-eb → ‎organeb (“organism”)

3. forming abstract nouns

   Synonyms: -deb, -ineb

   ‎cyllid (“finance”) + ‎-eb → ‎cyllideb (“budget”)

   ‎diwedd (“end”) + ‎-eb → ‎diweddeb (“cadence, close”)

   ‎disgyn (“to descend”) + ‎-eb → ‎disgynneb (“anticlimax, bathos”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -eb

addaweb

anfoneb

archeb

cofeb

cyllideb

cymhareb

deiseb

derbynneb

disgynneb

eglureb

eileb

gwireb

hysbyseb

manyleb

organeb

synhwyreb

taleb

tysteb

References

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