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)

1. 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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhuddlas	ruddlas	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

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

References

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