devnydh

devnydh

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish defnydh, from Proto-Brythonic *dėβ̃nɨð, from Proto-Celtic *damniyom. Cognate with Breton danvez, Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna, and Welsh defnydd.

Noun

devnydh m (plural devnydhyow)

  1. ingredient, material, stuff
    Synonyms: daffar, pyth, stoff
  2. use
    Synonyms: us, usyans

Derived terms

Verb

devnydh

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of devnydhya
  2. second-person singular imperative of devnydhya

Mutation

Mutation of devnydh
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
devnydh dhevnydh unchanged tevnydh tevnydh

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

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