rhuddlas

Welsh

Etymology

rhudd (“red”) +‎ glas (“blue”)^[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɨ̞ðlas/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɪðlas/

Adjective

rhuddlas (feminine singular rhuddlas, plural rhuddleision, equative rhuddlased, comparative rhuddlasach, superlative rhuddlasaf)

violet, purple^[1]
Synonym: fioled

Derived terms

amrhydlwyd rhuddlas (“blue fleabane”)
corswellt rhuddlas (“blue moor-grass”)
ffacbys rhuddlas, ffugbys rhuddlas garw-godog (“Bithynian vetch”)
llaethlys rhuddlas, fflamgoed ruddlas (“purple spurge”)
llaethwyg rhuddlas (“purple milk-vetch”)
maglys rhuddlas (“alfalfa, lucerne, purple medick”)
meligwellt rhuddlas (“mountain melick; purple moor-grass”)
rhosyn rhuddlas (“hairy dog-rose”)
rhuddlas y gors (“marsh marigold”)
rhuddlasu (“to become violet”)
rhuddlaswyn (“pale violet, mauve”)
tywodlys rhuddlas (“sand spurrey”)
y galdrist ruddlas (“violet helleborine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *rhuddlas*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhuddlas	ruddlas	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhuddlas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[GPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhuddlas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1]

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