-red

See also: Appendix:Variations of "red"

English

Etymology

From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).

Suffix

-red

1. (no longer productive) A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.

   hatred

   kindred

   manred

   sibred

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -red

Anagrams

• DRE, Der, Der., EDR, ERD, RDE, der, erd

Middle English

Suffix

-red

1. Alternative form of -rede

Old English

Alternative forms

• -raþ, -reþ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /red/

Suffix

-red

1. Alternative form of -raþ

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-,^[1] whence also rhedeg (“to run”). Cognate with Old Irish -rad.^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛd/

Suffix

-red f

1. Forms abstract nouns.

   ‎gwaith (“work”) + ‎-red → ‎gweithred (“action”)

   ‎lled (“width”) + ‎-red → ‎lledred (“latitude”)

   ‎cylch (“circle”) + ‎-red → ‎cylchred (“cycle”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -red

References

1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 143 iii (22)
2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-red”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies