cerdd
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛrð/
- Rhymes: -ɛrð
Etymology 1
From Middle Welsh kerð, From Proto-Brythonic *kerð, from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”). Cognate with Old Irish cerd (“craft, skill”).
Noun
cerdd f (plural cerddi)
Derived terms
- Cerdd Dant
- cerddol (“musical”)
- cerddor (“musician”)
- cyngerdd (“concert”)
- galargerdd (“elegy, dirge”)
- pencerdd
- sioe gerdd f (“musical theatre”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- cerdda (literary)
- cerddiff, cerddith (colloquial)
Verb
cerdd
- (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of cerdded