buddiol

Welsh

Etymology

From budd (“benefit”) +‎ -iol.

Adjective

buddiol (feminine singular buddiol, plural buddiol, equative mor fuddiol, comparative mwy buddiol, superlative mwyaf buddiol)

1. beneficial, advantageous, profitable, useful

   Synonyms: llesol, manteisiol, defnyddiol, cynorthwyol

2. seemly, fitting

   Synonyms: gweddus, cymwys

Derived terms

• anfuddiol (“useless”)
• buddioldeb (“usefulness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buddiol

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
buddiol	fuddiol	muddiol	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “buddiol”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “buddiol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies