"-ad" meaning in Welsh

See -ad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ad/ Forms: -adau [plural], -iad [alternative]
Etymology: Cognate with Cornish -as. Etymology templates: {{cog|kw|-as}} Cornish -as Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix|plural|-adau|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -ad m (plural -adau)
  1. show the action of a verb or its result Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-cy-suffix-Ss1peRpn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ad/ Forms: -aid [plural], -iad [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *-ad, from earlier *-atus, a late (British) variant of *-ātus, used to form verbal nouns from Celtic ā-stem verbs. Etymology templates: {{etymid|cy|agent suffix}}, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*-ad}} Proto-Brythonic *-ad Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix|plural|-aid|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -ad m (plural -aid)
  1. suffix indicating an agent noun: -er, -or Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-cy-suffix-W-vwK4~Z
  2. person who comes from somewhere or is classed by something, -ian, -ist Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-cy-suffix-FV6wlcE2 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 21 44 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: /ad/ Forms: -adau [plural], -iad [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from English -ate, altered in the same manner as basged (“basket”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|cy|chemistry}}, {{bor|cy|en|-ate}} English -ate Head templates: {{head|cy|suffix|plural|-adau|g=m}} -ad m (plural -adau)
  1. (chemistry) -ate, suffix denoting one of a group of related compounds - nitrad (“nitrate”), sylffad (“sulfate”). Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ad-cy-suffix-6~M~g7kl Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Cornish -as.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "-adau",
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    },
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "teimlo (“to feel”) + -ad → teimlad (“feeling”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dileu (“to delete, to erase”) + -ad → dilead (“deletion, erasure”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "show the action of a verb or its result"
      ],
      "id": "en--ad-cy-suffix-Ss1peRpn",
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ad/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ad"
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        {
          "text": "cadw (“to keep”) + -ad → ceidwad (“keeper”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "galw (“to call”) + -ad → geilwad (“caller”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "suffix indicating an agent noun: -er, -or"
      ],
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          "agent noun",
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          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
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          "-or",
          "-or"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Ewrop (“Europe”) + -ad → Ewropead (“European”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Corea (“Korea”) + -ad → Coread (“Korean”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Norwy (“Norway”) + -ad → Norwyad (“Norwegian”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "person who comes from somewhere or is classed by something, -ian, -ist"
      ],
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          "-ian",
          "-ian"
        ],
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          "-ist",
          "-ist"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ad/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ad"
}

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      "args": {
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        "-ate, suffix denoting one of a group of related compounds - nitrad (“nitrate”), sylffad (“sulfate”)."
      ],
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          "chemistry",
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        [
          "-ate",
          "-ate"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "compound",
          "compound"
        ],
        [
          "nitrad",
          "nitrad#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "sylffad",
          "sylffad#Welsh"
        ]
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      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ad/"
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  ],
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    "Welsh suffixes",
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    },
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          "type": "example"
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          "text": "teimlo (“to feel”) + -ad → teimlad (“feeling”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dileu (“to delete, to erase”) + -ad → dilead (“deletion, erasure”)",
          "type": "example"
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        "show the action of a verb or its result"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ad/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ad"
}

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        {
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        }
      ],
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        {
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          "type": "example"
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          "-ist",
          "-ist"
        ]
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ad/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ad"
}

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          "-ate",
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  ],
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}

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