dydh

Cornish

Alternative forms

• dedh (Revived Late Cornish)
• dÿdh (Standard Cornish)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish dyth, from Old Cornish det, from Proto-Celtic *dyīus (compare Welsh dydd, Breton deiz, Old Irish día), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws, *dyew- (compare Latin diēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪːð/

Noun

dydh m (plural dedhyow)

1. day

Usage notes

• Mutates irregularly to jydh after the following words: an, unn, yn, and keth. The plural form is unaffected and mutates normally.

Derived terms

• dedhyek (“daily”)
• dres an jydh (“all day”)
• dy'gol (“feast day”)
• Dy'gol Stefan (“Boxing Day”)
• dy'Gwener (“Friday”)
• dy'Lun (“Monday”)
• dy'Mergher (“Wednesday”)
• dy'Meurth (“Tuesday”)
• dy'Sadorn (“Saturday”)
• dy'Sul (“Sunday”)
• dy'Yow (“Thursday”)
• dydh da (“hello”)
• Dydh Nadelik (“Christmas day”)
• dydhlyver (“diary”)
• dydhweyth (“daytime”)
• golow dydh (“daylight”)
• gweli dydh (“sofa”)
• hanter-dydh (“midday”)
• hendedhyow (“olden days”)
• pub ness dydh (“every other day”)
• pubdedhyek (“daily”)
• tardh dydh (“daybreak”)

Mutation

Mutation of dydh

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
dydh	dhydh	unchanged	tydh	tydh	tydh

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

References

• “dydh” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.