rhudd

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *rrʉð, from Proto-Celtic *roudos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥ɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /r̥iːð/
• Homophone: rhydd
• Rhymes: -ɨːð

Adjective

rhudd (feminine singular rhudd, plural rhuddion, equative rhudded, comparative rhuddach, superlative rhuddaf)

1. (literary) red

   Synonym: coch

2. (literary) crimson

   Synonym: rhuddgoch

Derived terms

• gorudd (“reddish”)
• llostrudd (“long thing, priapism”)
• penrhudd (“wild marjoram”)
• rhuddflaguryn
• rhuddgoch (“dark red”)
• rhuddlas (“violet”)
• rhuddo
• rhuddwyn (“pink”)

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhudd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhudd	rudd	unchanged	unchanged

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