cledd

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kleːð/
• Rhymes: -eːð

Etymology 1

From Old Welsh cled (10th c.), from Proto-Brythonic *kleð.

Adjective

cledd (feminine singular cledd, plural cledd, not comparable)

1. left

Noun

cledd m (uncountable)

1. left hand
2. left side

Synonyms

• chwith

Derived terms

• argledd
• gogledd

Related terms

• clwyd, clud

Etymology 2

First attested in the thirteenth century; compare cleddyf (“sword”).

Noun

cledd m (plural cleddau)

1. (sometimes figuratively of a champion or defender) sword

Derived terms

• cledd deufin
• cledd unfin
• cledd unllaw
• cledd yng nghledd
• cleddbysg
• cleddgludydd
• cleddod
• cleddog
• cleddol

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cledd	gledd	nghledd	chledd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.