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erlid.

to chase, to pursue

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɛrlɪd/
  1. to chase, to pursue

    transitive
  2. to persecute

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”), as in glynu, with a prefix equivalent to er-. Formerly, erlyn- (or erlin-) was the stem with -d acting as a verbnoun ending (as in bod, yfed, cymryd, etc.; see Proto-Celtic *-tus). In Modern Welsh, erlyn (“to prosecute”) is used as the verbnoun for a separate verb.

noun/ˈɛrlɪd/
  1. persecution

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“sticky, liquid”), as in glynu, with a prefix equivalent to er-. Formerly, erlyn- (or erlin-) was the stem with -d acting as a verbnoun ending (as in bod, yfed, cymryd, etc.; see Proto-Celtic *-tus). In Modern Welsh, erlyn (“to prosecute”) is used as the verbnoun for a separate verb.

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