Welsh

Noun

llamhidydd m (plural llamhidyddion)^[1]

1. (archaic) dancer^[2]
2. porpoise^[1]

Quotations

Usage notes

• The English collective noun “a company of dancers” can be translated using the Welsh “miutai o lamhidyddion”,^[2] although such usage is at best obscure nowadays.

Related terms

• llambedyddiol^[1]

Synonyms

• (dancer): dawnsiwr, *dychlammwr, (literally, “bounder”) llammwr, (literally, “jumper”) llamsachwr
• (porpoises): (literally, “sea-pig”) môr-hwch, (liable to be confused for seahorse) môr-geffyl

Mutation

References

1. 1 2 3 Y Geiriadur Newydd : The New Welsh Dictionary by Harold Meurig Evans and William Owen Thomas (5th Ed.; 1964; Llyfrau’r Dryw (C. Davies)), page 410
2. 1 2 An English and Welsh dictionary by John Walters (3rd Ed.; 1828), page 322