buddiol

Welsh

Etymology

From budd (“benefit”) +‎ -iol.

Adjective

buddiol (feminine singular buddiol, plural buddiol, equative mor fuddiol, comparative mwy buddiol, superlative mwyaf buddiol)

  1. beneficial, advantageous, profitable, useful
    Synonyms: llesol, manteisiol, defnyddiol, cynorthwyol
  2. seemly, fitting
    Synonyms: gweddus, cymwys

Derived terms

  • anfuddiol (“useless”)
  • buddioldeb (“usefulness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of buddiol
radical soft nasal aspirate
buddiol fuddiol muddiol unchanged

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

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “buddiol”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “buddiol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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